Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, is an increasingly popular choice for international property buyers. Properties for sale in Sicily can be in a stylish seaside resort, a baroque city, a friendly village or overlooking a vineyard or lemon grove. What most property in Sicily has in common is its affordability, including the famous one-euro homes made famous by Amanda Holden, Stanley Tucci and others.
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
A spacious and private villa with far reaching sea views over the North Coast of Sicily. The villa has a large, well maintained private garden with swimming pool and outdoor cooking facilities.
€245,000
Campofelice di Roccella, Sicily, Italy
A third floor 70m2 apartment in the charming seaside town of Campofelice di Roccella on the North coast of Sicily and close to the popular tourist town of Cefalu. The property is less than an hour's drive to the capital Palermo and its International ...
€57,000
Balestrate, Sicily, Italy
A luxury contemporary villa with beautiful swimming pool, surrounded by 6000 m2 of private land, planted with olive and fruit trees. This spacious property covers two floors with a total area of ??approx.
€420,000
Balestrate, Sicily, Italy
A selection of brand new 2 bedroom seaview apartments located at the entrance of the town of Balestrate, near Palermo in Sicily. The building was built to a very high standrad and consists of ground floor, first, second and third providing a total o...
€125,000
Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy
An exclusive and imposing villa with swimming pool situated in a dominant position in the valley, surrounded by it's land of 14 hectares. The property is built in an American architectural style and distributed over 2 levels.
€550,000
Messina, Sicily, Italy
Situated in a prime location with breathtaking views, is this exclusive high end 300m2 villa with a lush garden, swimming pool and outbuilding. This fine residence is terraced down on a hill offering spectacular sea views on to the Strait of Messina.
€1,500,000
Lascari, Sicily, Italy
A 45m2 two bedroom ground floor villa apartment in Lascari, Contrada Piletto, within a residential complex with exclusive outdoor areas. The property is composed of open plan kitchen /living room, bathroom with shower and two bedrooms.
€110,000
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
This 96 m2 two bedroom apartment is located in via Falconara, not far from Via Roccazzo and the Conigliera road. The apartment has a large balcony of 33 m2 and is in an excellent position with a splendid panoramic view.
€105,000
Campofelice di Roccella, Sicily, Italy
A modern and spacious 3 bedroom Semi-Detached villa near Campofelice di Roccella with use of a communal swimming pool. The villa is part of a new development completed in 2010 and is just 250 meters away from the beach.
€185,000
Casteldaccia, Sicily, Italy
A selection of Luxury Villas still under construction in Casteldaccia, just 300 meters from the Beach and 30 minutes drive to Palermo with its International airport. Each Villa will be finished to a very high specification with private swimming pool
€900,000
Cefal , Sicily, Italy
An exclusive and gated detached 2 bedroom villa with private pool and view of the sea which is just 300 metres away! Internal: (ground floor) entrance to the modern kitchen / living room, bedrooms and luxury bathroom; internal staircase in masonry l...
€500,000
Trabia, Sicily, Italy
A well finished and highly desirable 4 bedroom Villa with spectacular sea views and private swimming pool between Altavilla Milicia and San Nicola L 'Arena, on the North Coast of Sicily and a short drive from Palermo and its International airport. Th...
€550,000
Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy
Top floor holiday apartment within a holiday complex in Mazara del Vallo in Western Sicily. The apartment of circa 50m2 with a large 25m2 terrace with spectacular sea views overlooking the Mediterranean.
€170,000
Augusta, Sicily, Italy
A beautiful 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom seaview Villa in the Baia Arcile (Giardini di Arcile) in Augusta, on the East Coast of Sicily. The 80m2 villa has a wonderful seaview and is composed of a ground floor with kitchen, living room and bathroom, bedr...
€165,000
Augusta, Sicily, Italy
A well presented and secluded 100m2 two bedroom villa with a beautiful seaview and 200m2 of lush surrounding garden. The villa is located in 'Baia del Silenzio' (The Bay of Silence) in Augusta, in the province of Siracusa and close to Catania and its...
€160,000
Given its location at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, an island so large that it’s hard not to bump into when sailing laterally across the Mediterranean, it’s no wonder that Sicily has an important place in antiquity. Sicily is an Italian island but with a distinctly Greek feel to it. Indeed, when the Greek mathematician Archimedes left out of his bath yelling “Eureka!”, he was in Syracuse, on Sicily’s east coast.
So let’s start there. Syracuse, and its island Ortygia, is one of Sicily’s baroque cities. Sicilian Baroque is a luscious, curvaceous style of architecture developed in the early 18th century in Sicily after an earthquake in 1693 levelled much of the existing architecture. Baroque-style properties for sale in Sicily will tend to be pricier, but there are plenty of affordable older properties down the alleyways of Ortygia, Palermo, Noto, Ragusa and other baroque beauties.
Palermo is the capital of the island home to one of Sicily’s two airports with year-round direct flights from the UK and other countries. Other options for arrival include the train, which after a beautiful route from Naples along the coast is loaded onto a ferry for the 20-minute crossing of the Straits of Messina. It all takes around 48 hours from London to your home in Sicily.
You can’t talk about property for sale in Sicily without mentioning one-euro homes in Sicily. The story so far… the authorities in small towns and villages in central Sicily were so worried about losing younger families to the cities and mainland that they came up with the idea of selling older properties for just one euro, so long as the buyer committed to spending thousands doing them up. Cue an influx of energetic, wealthy overseas buyers and new jobs in construction. Film crews followed! The best of the one-euro Sicilian homes have now gone, but there are plenty of together for only a few thousand more.
Most people looking for a suitable property for sale in Sicily will choose the more well know areas, either along the northern coast either side of Palermo or the east coast around Catania and Syracuse.
Taking the north first, the popular resorts of Trapani in the far west, Cefalú in the centre and Milazzo in the east are historic cities that have adapted well to tourism. Prices tend to rise the further west you go, but you’ll find a nice home for sale in Sicily’s northern coast from €100,000.
On the east coast, the glorious resort town of Taormina has long attracted the British and Americans – the latter in particular since featuring in The White Lotus TV drama.
In the east, Syracuse jostles with Catania for position as most attractive city. The honey-coloured baroque buildings, resplendent with carved figures and water features, just invite you to sit down with a local wine from Mount Etna, or a gelato, and watch the world go by. There are plenty of villages too, with property for sale in Sicily. One of the most attractive is Castiglione di Sicilia, with country properties for sale in the Sicilian countryside from just €200,000, all with Mount Etna puffing away gently (usually) in the distance. Weird though it may seem, you can ski on Mount Etna too.
Perhaps the best thing about Sicily is its people. Forget the cliches, Sicilians tend to be kind, calm and friendly.