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.
Petralia Soprana, Sicily, Italy
A very pretty and well presented period refurbished house, located in the nineteenth-century village of Petralia Soprana, close to the Madonie natural park and just south of the popular seaside town of Cefalu. The house retains many original feat...
€70,000
Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Right in the centre of Taormina and just a few minutes walk from Porta Messina, is on offer a two-room apartment with a large veranda and terrace providing spectacular sea views and views over the town. This well presented property consists of a liv...
€175,000
Salina, Sicily, Italy
Breathtakingly beautiful villa of 135m2, with jaw-dropping seaviews built in typical Aeolian style and located in the famous Bay of Pollara, just 12 kms from the port of Santa Marina di Salina. This brand new villa is undergoing construction and is d...
€250,000
Taormina, Sicily, Italy
A charming detached house on two levels with spectacular panoramic town and seaviews in Sciglio, next to Roccalumera. This property is just 20 kms from Taormina, one of the most popular and prestigious seaside towns in Sicily.
€65,000
Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
This classical period apartment, which was renovated in 2019, is part of a historic building from the 18th century which was subsequently divided into 3 apartments over 3 floors. It is located in historical centre of Caltagirone just 300m from some ...
€84,000
Modica, Sicily, Italy
In the historical center of Modica, just a few meters from Corso Umberto I, is this elegant and totally renovated house that offers classic Sicilian living with a modern twist. This beautiful property consists of an entrance hall, living room / dinin...
€110,000
Gratteri, Sicily, Italy
A very well presented town house on 3 levels with lovely views. The Ground floor has the entrance, kitchen and bathroom, internal staircase leading to the first floor composed of two bedrooms.
€55,000
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
Ciminna, Sicily, Italy
In the typically Sicilian quaint countryside village of Ciminna, just a 30 minute drive from Palermo is this beautiful mountain top Villa with it s own private swimming pool and stunning 360 views. Interior The house has a main entrance at the top ...
€218,000
Castelbuono, Sicily, Italy
In Castelbuono, just a 10 minute drive from the very popular seaside town of Cefal , is this quaint traditional 130 m2 3 bedroom classical Sicilian house, spread over 4 floors. The property is composed as follows: GROUND FLOOR: entrance into a ...
€98,000
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
This 100 m2 3 bedroom apartment is located in the village of Ciminna and a short distance away from the very popular seaside town of Trabia, as well as just 20 miles from Palermo. This charming apartment has a large balcony with a splendid
€90,000
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Spacious detached two storey Villa in Villagrazie di Carini, on the outskirts of the bustling capital, Palermo and close to the Poseidon shopping centre. The beach is a short 10 minute walk away.
€290,000
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
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
In Mondello, the world famous beach district of Palermo, for sale an apartment of approximately 210 square meters and 102 square meters of terraces. Located on the second floor of a two-storey building the property is composed as follows: entran...
€299,000
San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy
In the hills, just above Castellammare del Golfo on the North Coast of Sicily and less than 1 hour drive to the bustling capital Palermo, is this immaculately presented 5 bedroom detached villa. This 2 storey villa provides jaw-dropping sea views f...
€700,000
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
This 100 m2 3 bedroom apartment is located in Ciminna, a short distance away from the very popular seaside town of Trabia, as well as just 20 miles from Palermo. This charming apartment has a large balcony with a splendid panoramic country
€90,000
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.