• The Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza is nestled amidst 100,000 sqm of landscaped park. Fountains, gazebos and water features...
  • The Hotel Villa Ducale in Taormina is a small luxury boutique hotel in a aristocratic Sicilian villa from where you can admire...
  • The hotel is situated in the most panoramic and peaceful area of town with stunning views across the sea and Mount Etna, yet close...
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  • The Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza is nestled amidst 100,000 sqm of landscaped park. Fountains, gazebos and water features...
  • Relais Torre Marabino is the new and elegant receptive facility of the organic farm Natura Iblea. Plunged into the green and silent...
  • La Locanda is located in Modica, in a house of the early nineteenth century. The building's present style results from a renovation...
  • The Hotel Paradise Beach Club of Selinunte is very near to the archeological park, which remains for its wonderful greek ruins...
  • Villa Zottopera is an old 17th-18th century villa surrounded by century old olive trees from which a renowned oil is obtained....
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Sicily Southern Coast

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Generally sandy and uniform, the Southern coast of Sicily was the birthplace of many important towns of the Magna Grecia, such as Agrigento, Eraclea Minoa and Gela, founded during the VII century B.C..
The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento may be defined the highest expression of classical Greek civilization; declared by UNESCO "World Heritage Site" in 1998, it was built by its inhabitants as "if they should never die" (Empedocles).
In addition to the Architectural masterpieces, there are also many naturalistic beauties and oeno-gastronomic specialties: in few words, all the best that this land, kissed by the sun, can offer to its guests!

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  • Chiaramonte Gulfi is usually called "the balcony of Sicily", thanks to its excellent position that allows to enjoy an unique view...
  • Palma di Montechiaro was founded in 1637 by Carlo De Caro Tomasi, prince of Lampedusa, after having obtained a licentia populandi...
  • Many archaeological remains certify that the area was inhabited since the Greek and Roman period; however the foundation of Comiso...
  • Santa Croce Camerina, whose name derives from Gian Battista Celestri, marquis of Santa Croce, who repopulated it in 1598, overlooks...
  • Throughout the centuries, Agrigento has assumed different denominations: the Greeks called it Agrakas, the Romans Agrigentum,...
  • Butera, whose name probably derives from Bute, the first Sicilian king, is located on a hilly cliff that offers a fantastic panoramic...
  • Ragusa, the ancient Hybla Heraea founded by the Siculians, has been declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with the...
  • The town was founded in 827 by the Arabs, under the guide of Al Zabuth but settlements on the area are recorded since the coming...
  • Castelvetrano, whose name derives from the Latin "Castellum Veteranum" (the veterans' castle) is a town in the province of Trapani,...
  • Set on the Southern coast of Sicily, Gela was founded by Rhodian and Cretan colonists at the end of the VII century b.C.; in 580...
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