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Beach Club Afternoons
Ten minutes to the Ionian. Striped umbrellas, daybeds, prosecco on ice, swims off the rocks. Lunch at the club, the rest of the day on the sand.
Seven nights at a restored 17th-century farmhouse on a private working estate inland from the Ionian coast, with olive groves, orange trees, Mediterranean gardens, and Sicily's tallest mountain in view.
The beach is ten minutes by car. Catania thirty. Taormina and Siracusa within easy reach for a day out. Twelve en-suite bedrooms open onto a central courtyard with stone archways, fireplaces and fountains. A private pool, a sauna, a Turkish bath. Horses on the grounds and groves you can walk through at sunrise.
Hosted by Wndrlust for up to 24 guests.
A handful of unmistakably Sicilian moments. Built around the estate, the coastline, and a volcano on the skyline.
Ten minutes to the Ionian. Striped umbrellas, daybeds, prosecco on ice, swims off the rocks. Lunch at the club, the rest of the day on the sand.
Up the north slope to the vineyards. Tasting in the cellar, long lunch among the vines, volcanic reds from old-vine Nerello Mascalese.
Lunch over the bay, a slow walk down the Corso, sunset at the Greek Theatre with Etna smoking in the distance. Rooftop drinks. Late dinner. Late night.
Sauna and Turkish bath inside the villa. Massages booked through the morning on the terrace. A quiet barefoot dinner to follow.
A full day on the water. Coves for swimming, lunch on deck, music for the ride home, a slow drift back to port with the sun off the bow.
Horses live on the grounds. Saddle up at first light and ride through the olive and orange groves before the heat. No prior experience required.
One long table under the archways. Hand-rolled pasta, local wine, candles, dancing late. Private chef every night the group is at the villa.
Twelve en-suite bedrooms in a restored 17th-century farmhouse. Stone archways, fireplaces, fountains, a private pool, daily housekeeping. Sized comfortably for 24.
Forty minutes south for the baroque cathedral, lunch on Ortigia, a swim off the rocks at Forte Vigliena. Back to the villa for sunset.
Each room en-suite, each named for a Sicilian woman of consequence. Ten open onto the central courtyard, two sit beside the pool in the annex.
Arrival into Catania Fontanarossa, private transfer to the estate. Settle into your room, walk the groves before the light goes. Welcome dinner in the courtyard, long table, candles, hand-rolled pasta.
Slow pool morning at the villa. Beach club in the afternoon, daybeds and prosecco on the Ionian. Dinner and dancing back at the villa.
Up to the Etna vineyards. Tasting in the cellar, long lunch among the vines, volcanic reds and a cellar tour with the winemaker. Home for a quiet night.
Drive up to Taormina. Lunch over the bay, the Corso in the afternoon, sunset at the Greek Theatre with Etna in the distance. Rooftop drinks, late night out.
Hammam and Turkish bath in the villa. Massages on the terrace, sound off, phones down. A quiet barefoot dinner under the archways.
Full day boat charter. Cove swims, lunch on deck, music for the ride home, sunset off the bow. Dinner light, the group spread out across the courtyard.
Horseback through the groves at first light. Slow morning, free afternoon. Long farewell feast, local musicians in the courtyard, limoncello, speeches by midnight.
Breakfast at the villa, group transfer to Catania Fontanarossa, onward flights from there.