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.
San Salvatore di Fitalia, Messina, Italy
Case Vasi - Calderaro Two halves of the same villa, Casa Vasi and Casa Calderaro are twin semi-detached homes with glorious panoramic views of the Nebrodi Park. Just outside the small town of San Salvatore di Fitalia, 10km inland and 550m above sea ...
€150,000
Altavilla Milicia, Palermo, Italy
Villa Maria Giovanna - Altavilla Only 500m from the nearest beach, with sea views from the upper terraces, Villa Maria Giovanna is a very attractive proposition for a family who want a base for the summer, or perhaps a year-round home for an older c...
€190,000
Augusta, Syracuse, Italy
Casa Angela - Augusta Bright apartment of 140 sq m in the historic center of Augusta. Property The apartment is located on the third floor of a building without an elevator at 106 Via X Ottobre. It is equipped with heating system and air conditi...
€78,000
Alcamo, Trapani, Italy
Casa Maurizio - Alcamo Less than forty minutes by car from both Palermo and Trapani airports, Casa Maurizio is a practical and affordable two-bedroom home just fifteen minutes' drive from the beach. In the characterful streets of the historic centre...
€130,000
Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Michela - Palermo In one of our favourite palazzo buildings on Palermo's beautiful via Roma, Appartamento Michela is a luxury fourth-floor apartment that is as spacious as it is filled with history. The four-bedroom property offers 250...
€360,000
Augusta, Syracuse, Italy
Casa Morettino - Augusta 120 qm Wohnung mit sch nem Meerblick in Augusta Die Immobilie Die Wohnung liegt in der Via Enrico Millo 20 in Augusta und befindet sich im f nften Stock eines kleinen Wohnhauses mit Aufzug. Sie besteht aus einem ger umig...
€100,000
Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Valentina - Palermo Appartamento Valentina This spacious apartment is located in a quiet yet central district of Palermo; from here it is only a few hundred meters to the Teatro Massimo and the pedestrian street via Maqueda. The apartm...
€190,000
Villabate, Palermo, Italy
Villetta Panorama - Villabate 2-storey house surrounded by lemon groves with 180-degree views of the Gulf of Palermo Surroundings It is about 5 minutes by car from the center of Villabate to the property. Villabate itself is a typical suburb of s...
€115,000
Bagheria, Palermo, Italy
Villa Vanessa - Mongerbino Villa Vanessa is a splendid, newly built villa situated on the coastal road that connects Aspra with the fishing village of Porticello. Along this road there are numerous villas that belong or have belonged to wealthy Pale...
€840,000
Casteldaccia, Palermo, Italy
Casa Giuseppe - Casteldaccia Casa Giuseppe is located in Casteldaccia, a coastal town in northern Sicily between Palermo and Cefal . It is a property with ample outdoor space , a very large veranda and a beautiful garden. Of course, you cannot miss...
€155,000
Licata, Agrigento, Italy
Appartamento Rita - Licata This apartment is located on the second floor of a residential building in the immediate vicinity of the marina, which is frequented by yachts from all over the world. Surroundings Licata is located 47 kilometers southe...
€120,000
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Antonio Sant'Elia This newly built flat is located on the 1st floor of a condominium in Sant'Elia, a hamlet of Santa Flavia, only 15 km from Palermo. It is only a few hundred metres from the village's small beach, the picturesque bays o...
€220,000
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Paolo - Sant'Elia Small, newly renovated apartment with sea view on the 1st floor in the fishing village of Santa Elia. The surrounding area Santa Elia is a picturesque seaside resort that belongs to the municipality of Santa Flavia....
€129,000
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Alessandro - Sant'Elia The hamlet of Santa Elia in the province of Palermo is a place of ancient and authentic charm, immersed in nature and surrounded by the crystal-clear sea of the Sicilian coast. Casa Alessandro is a new apartment...
€190,000
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Valentino - Porticello One of the biggest three-bedroom apartments you'll find in small-town SIcily, Appartamento Valentino is found just 200m from the sea in the small fishing village of Porticello. With over 170m2 of internal space, ...
€185,000
Pozzallo, Ragusa, Italy
Appartamento Assunta - Pozzallo Large flat near the beach in south-east Sicily The property The Assunta flat is actually less of a classic holiday flat in an older building, but rather a condominium in a normal apartment building. We like this ...
€135,000
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Casa Lidia - Porticello If you are looking for a flat that encapsulates all the typicality of Sicily, casa Lidia is the right house for you. Located in the centre of Porticello, a small fishing village just over 10 km from Palermo, casa Lidia offers...
€150,000
Castelvetrano, Trapani, Italy
Appartamento Selinunte Marinella di Selinunte Appartamento Selinunte presents a rare opportunity to own one of 10 coveted sea-view properties on Sicily's southern coast. Located in the town centre and mere steps from the sea, these unfurnished uni...
€147,600
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Mary - Sant'Elia Modern apartment in a seaside village in Sicily with fantastic sea view Property The apartment is located on the second floor of a small condominium. You enter the house from an entrance hall on a room with a nice a...
€189,000
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.