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.
Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy
It's early October and since the heat hasn't yet given way to fog I decided to walk in the gardens under the house. The city offers me many opportunities but with the little time my job leaves me I really wonder what I need them for. Today I took my ...
€398,000
Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy
A well presented townhouse in the quaint village of Sambuca di Sicilia in Southern Sicily. This charming house retains many period features and provides a true authentic Mediterranean feel in this peaceful village that is lost in time.
€50,000
Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy
A typically Sicilian classic townhouse in need of modernization in the quaint village of Sambuca di Sicilia in Southern Sicily. This charming house has a large panoramic roof terrace and offers ample living space.
€60,000
Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy
If you are looking for peace and tranquillity, you have clicked on the right property! A charming villa not far from Marina di Ragusa which lacks nothing, starting from tranquillity, silence, light and greenery but from where in a few minutes by car ...
€300,000
Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy
An imposing Villa with amazing seaviews over the bay of Guidaloca and teh surrounding countryside. This very well presented villa is located in the beautiful seaside town of Castellammare del Golfo and close to Palermo and its International airport.
€535,000
Enna, Sicilia, Italy
Today we are going to Piazza Armerina, a municipality in central-eastern Sicily located in the Erei mountains at around 700 m above sea level. I must admit that I was unaware of the presence of this place and I thought it was a square in Enna and not...
€255,000
Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy
A charming rustic country house in the immediate outskirts of Castellammare, in the Gagliardetta district. The charming seaside town of Castellammare del Golfo on the north coast of Sicily, just 48 kms from Palermo international Airport and is close...
€75,000
Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy
We walk through the districts of the Ispica countryside, where blades of grass lie prone to the constant blowing of the sea breeze, laden with swollen dewdrops in which the sun is reflected in the turquoise sky. The old farmhouse immediately evokes t...
€140,000
Scicli, Sicilia, Italy
Midsummer party today! While a group is cooking in the stube on the ground floor, there are those in charge of the grills on the veranda, others are expertly arranging the first appetizers and aperitifs that will expertly welcome the guests who are a...
€220,000
Cefal , Sicily, Italy
A spacious and well presented 4 bedroom Villa built on 3 levels totalling approx 376m2. This property is located in the 'Parco delle Madonie' in Collesano, with far reaching panoramic views towards the seaside town of Campofelice di Roccella.
€280,000
Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy
A very well presented and secluded panoramic villa in the municipality of Borgetto, near the bustling capital of Palermo. This charming private villa has spectacular far reaching views that extend over the whole valley of Montelepre, Sagana and the G...
€230,000
Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy
Albinoni's Adagio accompanies our Trinacia trip to the Valle dell'Asinaro, in front of us the green of a citrus grove contrasts with the blue of the sky, on the plateau where Noto stands. The first impression is of an unreal setting, so perfect and h...
€70,000
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
This modern, bright and airy Villa has been recently renovated to provide a very private and relaxing space. Its strategic position favours travel to the beautiful seaside resorts of Castellammare del Golfo and Alcamo Marina, with Palermo and its int...
€160,000
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
A spacious 4 bedroom villa with sea views in the Sant'Onofrio area, near the seaside town of Trabia, around 30 kms from Palermo and its international airport. The 2 floor villa comprises of an entrance from a masonry finished porch which leads int...
€158,000
Altavilla Milicia, Sicily, Italy
A spacious 4 bedroom independent Villa close to the sea, in Altavilla Milicia. The property has ample space all around and large balconies / terraces both on the ground and top floors.
€280,000
Trabia, Sicily, Italy
Just a few meters from the sea is this splendid and very well presented 2 storey villa with panoramic sea views, providing luxury seaside living and outdoor space. Trabia is a beautiful seaside town on the North Coast of Sicily and is close to the b...
€325,000
Messina, Sicily, Italy
This Grand Villa is currently under construction. It provides an imposing dwelling with magnificent far reaching views across the hilly countryside and Tyrrhenian sea close to Messina, in North Eastern Sicily.
€180,000
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.