Maria Making fresh ricotta cheese

Ricotta is a white, fresh cheese with a soft, creamy texture and a mild, slightly sweet flavor. Ounce for ounce, Ricotta has five times more calcium than cottage cheese. We've perfected the authentic flavor of this sicilian cheese made with fresh "just milked" whole organic milk from our cows...

Nero d'Avola grapes

This micro winery is located 9 km (6 miles) north of the villa,George and his family have been making wine for 30 years,their love for making wine is a family tradition,the cost for wine tasting is only 5 euros per person,you get to taste all their line of wines and their own extra virgin olive...

Picking wild fennel

From the villa we walk and plunge into the beautiful unspoilt countryside where the villa is located. We will guide you along old cow tracks and over dry stone walled terraces looking for wild edible vegetables of the season, such as wild asparagus, borage,capers,oregano, chicory, swiss chard,...

Giovanna preparing at the villa

If you long to explore the real Sicily , then Villa Modica is the right place to start. Because we’re picky about what we offer, we personally take care of every detail to make your holiday special, we offer private tours to an organic ricotta farm or to our local winery to taste wines with no...

carob mushroom "laetiporus sulphureus"

It is a delicious mushroom and - unfortunately - very rare. It is almost never mentioned in the "sacred texts" of mycology, though it is similar to the "fistulinacia hepatica" that always comes on the wood of the carob trees.
It looks like a shapeless mass, compact, whitish, which can...

The Villas Vegetable Garden

At the villa we offer free Organic Vegetables that grow in the garden of the villa,pick your own tomatoes,cucumber,onions,peppers, and prepare a fresh and tasty salad,make fresh tomato soup or tomato sauce , vegetable stews, have your children pick their own vegetables ,also when in season we...

Take Home your Own Olive Oil

From 1st to 30th October Villa Modica organises "PORTA A CASA IL TUO OLIO". We will be carrying out the harvesting and processing of our olives as part of the project “TAKE HOME YOUR OWN OIL”..we own an organic farm with 100's of secular olive trees, if you would like to come on the meadows...

pouring the melted chocolate into forms

Come and visit the best chocolate producer in Modica, the Quetzal Cooperativa,it has been making chocolate since 1995, they use only fair trade ingredients and each ingredient has to meet rigorous quality standards,the cost is 5 euros per person,you get to see how the chocolate is made,taste all...

City of Acireale

Acireale nestled between sea and land its a precious jewel of Baroque architecture,full of natural,artistic and cultural treasures for you to see. Located between the majestic Mount Etna and the nature reserve of the Riviera of the Cyclopes where you can enjoy great scuba diving,the town itself...

Panoramic view of Catania

The city has been buried by lava a total of seven times in recorded history, and in layers under the present day city are the Roman city that preceded it, and the Greek city before that. Many of the ancient monuments of the Roman city have been destroyed by the numerous seisms. Currently,...

Archimedes Square

Syracuse is a historic city of Sicily, and the capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the preeminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in...

View of Taormina

Taormina is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on...

A view of San Giovanni, one of Giardini Naxos' beaches

Giardini Naxos is a comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily in Italy. It is situated on the coast of the Ionian Sea on a bay which lies between Cape Taormina and Cape Schisò. Today it is a popular seaside-resort

Founded by Thucles the Chalcidian in 734 BC, Naxos was...

Panorama di Palermo

Palermo is the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the...

The Doric temple of Segesta.

Segesta was the political center of the Elymian people, located in the northwestern part of Sicily, in what are now the province of Trapani and the comune of Calatafimi-Segesta.

According to the tradition used in Virgil's Aeneid, Segesta was founded jointly by the territorial king...

City of Salinunte

The archeological park sits on 40 hectares and is considered the largest archeological park in Europe, it consists of 5 main temples build around an acropolis sitting on top of a hill where more remains of other places of worship have been discovered,the park is open daily from 9 am till 6 pm...

The Madonie mountains: Monte S.Salvatore

The Madonie National Park is an Italian national park located in Sicily, between Palermo and Cefalù and covers 39,972 acres (161.76 km2; 62.46 sq mi). It includes the Madonie mountain range and some of the highest mountains in Sicily. The park has six mountains that are over 1,500 metres (4,900...

Trapani seen from Erice. The islands of Favignana (left) and Levanzo (right) can

Trapani is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.

Trapani was founded by the Elymians to serve as the port of the nearby city of Erice (ancient Eryx), which overlooks it...

Cathedral of Noto

Noto is one of the most beautifully-built towns in Europe and this remote little place comes out in the memory like Würzburg or Nymphenburg as one of the most achievements of the age which produced Mozart and Tiepolo

Noto is a city and comune in the Province of Syracuse. Its located 32 km...

Temple of Concordia.

Agrigento is renowned as the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragas also known as Acragas in Greek, Agrigentum in Latin and Kirkent or Jirjent in Arabic, one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden age of Ancient Greece. Agrigento is a major tourist centre due to its...

Panorama of Ragusa

Ragusa is the capital of the province of Ragusa, it is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo and Cava Santa Domenica. Together with seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it is listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The narrow winding streets of...

The city of Piazza (as it was called before 1862) originated during the Norman domination in Sicily (11th century), but the area was inhabited since prehistoric times. The city was flourishing also during Roman times, as showed by the notable mosaics at the patrician Villa Romana del Casale....

Panorama of Caltagirone

The city of Caltagirone has been long famous for the production of pottery, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta wares. Nowadays the production is more and more oriented to artistic production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures.
A collection of ancient and modern pottery and terra-...

scicli

Scicli alongside seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it has been listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
Settlements of the area of Scicli dates back to the Copper and Early Bronze Ages (3rd millennium BC to the 15th century BC).

Scicli was founded by the Sicels (whence...

the big marsh

The Nature Reserve of Vendicari is an oasis located in the province of Siracusa, Noto and precisely between Marzamemi,only 45 minutes form the villa, particularly important is the presence of marshes that serve as a resting place for migratory birds, was officially established in 1984 after by...

The XV century tower Cabrera in Pozzallo

All the beaches are within 20 to 40 minutes from the villa.

The beaches of Pozzallo have received the Blu Flag by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education) award. A prestigious award given to beaches which meet strict criteria dealing with water quality, environmental education and...