ITALIAN ISLANDS
South Sardinia, €320,000 (£252,000) A fi ve-bedroom villa arranged as two separate apartments, with a lemon and orange tree-fi lled garden one mile from the beach in Flumini. Contact: House Around Sardinia,
www.housearoundsardinia.eu
Southern Sicily, €1,500,000 (£1,184,000) Restored farmhouse with ten bedrooms, suitable to run as a small hotel, between Modica and Noto. Fifteen hectares of grounds include more than 3,500 olive and carob trees. Contact: Modicasa,
www.modicasa.com
have risen from 250,000 to more than 2 million, has seen the west coast lift off in the last two years, but the infrastructure lags behind and is still appallingly served by road,” he says. “Elsewhere, Palermo airport
provides good access to the centre and south. Catania is in development to become a full international airport, and gets you to Taormina or Syracuse within 40 minutes; and a new airport at Comiso, due to open imminently, will open up Ragusa, Modica and the south-east.” Along with new airports, the
BLOW THE BUDGET Scicli, Sicily, €3.65m (£2.88m)
A luxurious 18th-century palazzo in a beautiful Baroque town. It has 12 bedrooms, an indoor pool with a retractable roof, a spa and a cinema room. Contact: Rome Sotheby’s International Realty,
www.romesir.com
government has recognised the need to improve the infrastructure. New roads are planned, with upgrades to rail services and ports, and new tourist marinas along the coast. Meanwhile, new developments are
being carefully zoned. It is almost impossible to build within 300 metres of the sea, and there are positive attempts to curb pollution and reuse old buildings. The south-west has been earmarked
for future golf developments, and the fi rst to open its doors is Rocco Forte’s Verdura Golf and Spa Resort near to the fi shing port of Sciacca. Now fully operational, with two golf courses, a tennis centre, spa and a 203-room hotel, Verdura has plans to build 50 villas for sale on its 230-hectare site. Prices have not been released, but
these should set a new price point for the quiet fi shing town. Casa Travella have four-bedroom
apartments by the sea in Vaccarizzo, seven miles from Catania airport, for
Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, €1,550,000 (£1,224,000)
Four-bedroom apartment, with good sea views, close to Pevero Golf Club, on the Costa Smeralda.
Contact: Knight Frank,
www.knightfrank.com
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