SunIsle Holidays

Wonderfully secluded and beautifully furnished, Villa Vita Bella is a perfect hideaway.

Tucked away behind high walls and gates, this villa provides for all your needs. The private, covered outside eating area has a barbecue and is surrounded by a mature vine-clad pergolato, lawned gardens, palms, cypresses, and all manner of tropical plants. Here you can enjoy al fresco dining, complete with a bottle of Sicilian wine. Double gates allow access to this villa, and there is ample parking available.

From the tree-lined main avenue it is just five steps up to the front door, which leads into the hall. Villa Vita Bella has a kitchen/diner equipped with a hob, oven and fridge/freezer. The sitting room is large and airy with satellite television. There is one ensuite double bedroom and one twin bedroom, both with pretty iron beds. The bathroom has a half-bath.

The shared, furnished swimming pool measures 12m x 6m and has a depth 1.5m x 2.8m. However, the beach is only 3km away for more natural bathing or simply a change of scenery.

Please note: the friendly owner lives on site and occasionally uses the large marquee as a centre for various ceremonies such as wedding receptions and birthday celebrations.

Arrivals after 20.00 hours will be charged at 50 Euros. There is a cot hire charge of 50 Euros per week, and a final cleaning charge of 80 Euros, both payable locally.

San Gregorio, Catania, Sicily

It feels like a village within a village, tucked away behind high walls and gates. Then a feeling of privacy pervades, though the outside world, in the shape of San Gregorio with its shops and restaurants, is just a walk away. And finally an air of exotic seclusion, provided by a coolly mature vine-clad pergolato, lawned gardens, palms, cypresses, a swimming pool and all manner of tropical plants. Within this enclave, various buildings, amongst which houses and a chapel, lead off from a shady tree-lined avenue, as does our single-floor house. For a wealth of 'foreign' diversion however, Sicily's second city, Catania, with its airport and palaces, many made from Mount Etna's black lava stone, is but four kilometres away.

Why Holiday in Sicily?

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It might be just a short journey from the Italian mainland, across the narrow strait of Messina, but it is a completely different in terms of atmosphere and attitude. Everything Italian seems a little more appetising here, not only the food but the history and culture as well.

Visitors discover that the Sicilian people are gracious, noble and welcoming and that the island itself offers natural and historic attractions of great beauty and enormous interest.

The main cities of Palermo and Catania feature some of the most exquisite architecture in the world, a legacy of the many great civilisations that have vied for control of this strategically situated island over the centuries, from the Greeks and Romans, Arabs and Normans to more recently the French, Spanish and Italians. There are large Romanesque cathedrals, the best-preserved Greek temples in the world, Roman amphitheatres and magnificent Baroque palaces. The continuous blue skies and temperate climate, lush vegetation and rich marine life all add to the island's appeal. Nature has given Sicily Mount Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano, a dramatic coastline and a fertile soil that gives forth much of the bounty on which the island's unique and delicious cuisine is based.

Direct flights are available to Catania and Palermo.

Vivid Italy is your perfect choice for a holiday in Sicily. In Sicily we have villas, apartments and hotels ideal for your holiday.

How To Get There

Direct flights from the UK go to Palermo and Catania airports.

For Palermo, Easyjet flies from Gatwick and Ryanair from Stansted. Alitalia also flies from Heathrow.

From Gatwick you can take British Airways, Monarch and Thomson flights to Catania. From Manchester you can fly with Monarch and Thomas Cook.

Additionally, Ryanair fly from direct from Birmingham and Dublin to Trapani.