Sicily villas, a hand picked selection of beautiful holiday villas, most with private swimming pools, in outstanding locations, many with fabulous sea views and with easy access to the wonderful coastline of Sicily. A vacation in Sicily with Villas Worldwide represents excellent value for money and a holiday you, like many of our satisfied clients, will want to repeat.

Sicily is a dazzling island on a crossroads in the Mediterranean, between Africa and Europe, yet belonging to neither. Occupied at some point by half the ancient civilized world it has a varied heritage like no other and even today remains a quirky mixture in most aspects of its language, customs, cooking, art and architecture. There are frequent low cost flights to Palermo and Catania from the UK, Ryanair is one of the operators.

The island enjoys a wonderful “Mediterranean” climate characterized by hot dry summers and mild winters with light rainfall. The summer seems long due to warm temperatures and long hours of sunlight. A lack of frost allows production of an abundance of citrus fruits, olives, watermelons and grapes. 

However the high mountains do attract rainfall which nourishes the rest of the island. The coast is tropical with higher temperatures in the south and west which are in closer proximity to Africa. Average summer temperatures are 35 degrees. General rainfall is usually confined to the November to January period.

There are many fine beaches on the island. Spiagge dello Zingaro beach located within a nature reserve is stunning and highly reputed for diving. The coast between Capo Calava and Capo Schino has an abundance of lovely sandy beaches, Spaggia dei Conigli (Rabbits beach) to the southeast of Lampedusa is reputed as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Vendicari has wide immaculate beaches set in a nature reserve; Balata dei Turchi is one of the wildest and most isolated beaches on the island whilst the cove at Pollara is one of the most dramatic. There are many more.

Sicilian food constitutes one of Italy’s most varied cuisines. This is due to Sicily’s rich heritage and the fact that the island had a rich aristocracy who would dine extravagantly living alongside a poor peasant population who survived on subsistence food. All the typical Italian dishes are on offer alongside interesting variants including local ingredients such as swordfish, sardines, ricotta cheese, chilies, aubergines, olives, capers and almonds. If its home cooking or eating out you enjoy there is an abundance of choice available and the Sicilians are highly reputed chefs. Local wines are very good to.

There is much to discover and enjoy on the island with many sights of exceptional beauty such as the Greek theatre at Taormina which overlooks the active volcano Mount Etna in the background. The valley of the temples ranks as one of the most impressive conglomerations of Greek temples. Palermo is an interesting city to explore with architecture ranging from Arabic to Norman, Baroque and Art Nouveau. There are beautiful walks and plenty of water-sports including sailing, windsurfing and scuba diving.

The music scene in Sicily is nicely varied, it has the most vibrant Jazz scene in Italy, centered on Palermo where native Sicilian music has been fused with Arab and American influences. Traditional music includes lullabies, dance, festival music and epic storytelling. There are numerous venues around the islands nine provinces.