The Villa is immersed in the characteristic Iblea countryside. Lovely hills and plateaus, divided by narrow, shallow gorges cut throughout the centuries by small torrents in the white limestone which forms the ibleo land.
The infinite dry-stone walls which delimit fields and meadows, the old olive trees and the typical carob trees, the quiet atmosphere of the Sicilian countrisyde or the sea views at sunset, are only some of the many fascinanting elements that surely make of the place not only pleasurable by sought-after and fascinanting . The warm water of the Mediterranean or the Baroque tows of Ragusa, Ibla, Modica, Ispica o Scicli, Unesco heritage sites, are all a fifteen minute drive away.
It is rural building typical of Iblea having approximately 52 hectars of olive and carob trees having once been a summer residence belonging to the nobility. It was built in the mid 19th Century on a pre-existent agricultural settlement by a Cav Federico Grimaldi, Baron of Calamenzana, grandfhater of the last ownwr Cav. Ferdinando Arezzi, Duke of San Filippo Delle Colonne. The Building has two storeys. The ground floor, measuring about 350 square metres, was in the past used for agricultural purposes with stables, barns, sheds, and the living quarters of the massaru.
They organize in their Country Hotel many daily activities :
Sicilian Cooking Classes, Horseriding in a local riding school ,wine tasting in a local winary, ricotta tasting in a local farmhouse and availibility to rent the Villa in selfcatering or for wedding.
