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.
Trabia, Palermo, Italy
Villa Emanuela - Trabia Spacious and beautifully presented, VILLA EMANUELA is a detached three-bedroom family home outside Trabia in the province of Palermo. Just 800m from the nearest beach as the crow flies, you can enjoy a sea view from the sunny...
€310,000
Casteldaccia, Palermo, Italy
Villa Valentina - Casteldaccia Beautifully refurbished just two years ago, Villa Valentina is in absolutely perfect condition, inside and out. From the beautifully finished, custom-made kitchen to the walk-in closets, the warm sun lounges to the sea...
€380,000
Collesano, Palermo, Italy
Casa Patrizia - Collesano In the heart of the small town of Collesano in the Madonie Natural Park, Casa Patrizia is a three-storey townhouse that has recently undergone a full renovation. At an enticing asking price it is a great chance to buy a pie...
€65,000
San Marco d'Alunzio, Messina, Italy
Casa Gullotti - San Marco D'Alunzio A pair of properties contained within the same detached villa, Casa Gullotti comprises a fully renovated and joyfully traditional three-bedroom home on the upper floor, and a restoration project space on the groun...
€200,000
San Marco d'Alunzio, Messina, Italy
Casa San Giuseppe - San Marco D'Alunzio With unbeatable views of a huge stretch of Sicily's north coast, Casa San Giuseppe is a stunning hilltop property in the charming village of San Marco d'Alunzio. The friendly little community is found in the l...
€140,000
Reitano, Messina, Italy
La Casina - Torremuzza Almost directly on the sea, the charming old home that is Casina Torremuzza is an historic gem. Roughly a third of a noble old villa built by a landowning family a couple of hundred years ago, it offers a spacious 240m2 of ind...
€175,000
Bagheria, Palermo, Italy
Casa Butera - Bagheria A perfect little apartment for a buyer who needs a base in Bagheria without breaking the bank, Casa Butera is compact and convenient without sacrificing comfort. Presented in perfect condition, its turnkey sale and location ju...
€90,000
Bagheria, Palermo, Italy
Appartamento Anya - Mongerbino Although just a twenty minute drive from the centre of Palermo, Appartamento Anya couldn't be less of a city property. Close enough to the sea that you can hear it's soundtrack from the huge sunny balcony, it's a famil...
€260,000
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...
€770,000
Siracusa, Syracuse, Italy
Casa Terrazze Martini - Ortigia House with two apartments and two terraces in one of the most renowned areas of Sicily. Property A few steps from the sea a beautiful building divided into two apartments in the center of Ortigia. The building is l...
€300,000
Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy
A light snow goes down while I go down to the street where a taxi awaits me. It is my first day of vacation, I have left the office for a few hours, just enough time to spend home to take the suitcase, Oreste, my coal -colored Cocker and reach the ai...
€200,000
Ragusa, Ragusa, Italy
Villa Gi Casuzze (Ragusa Marina) Villa Gi is a splendid, perfectly renovated villa located a few metres from the sea in a residential context. The property is located in one of the most beautiful and peaceful areas of eastern Sicily, on the coas...
€300,000
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
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
Santa Flavia, Palermo, Italy
Casa Britta - Santa Flavia If you are looking for a small investment in Sicily, Casa Britta is for you. The Property This is an independent apartment. It consists of a double bedroom, a living room with sofa bed, kitchen and a bathroom with showe...
€138,000
Bagheria, Palermo, Italy
Appartamenti Martina & Silvia - Bagheria Appartamento Martina and Appartamento Silva are twin apartments on the top floor of a modern condominium on the outskirts of Bagheria. Each is offered for sale separately. The vendor is also offering a loft ...
€160,000
Cefal , Palermo, Italy
Villa Presti - Cefalu TWO-BEDROOM, SEA-VIEW HOUSE IN CEFAL 'S GREEN HILLS Surrounded by woodland, at the top of one of the lower peaks of the Madonie Natural Park but just twelve minutes' drive from Cefal , Chalet Presti offers a sensational blend ...
€350,000
Gratteri, Palermo, Italy
Casale Mario - Gratteri BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED TUSCAN-STYLE FARMHOUSE AND DEPENDENCE IN A HUGE 12 ACRE ESTATE IN RURAL SICILY Twelve acres of beautiful vineyards, olive grove and pasture across the lower slopes of the gorgeous Madonie Natural Park, ...
€590,000
Collesano, Palermo, Italy
Palazzo Peri - Collesano A vast complex covering 800m2, right in the heart of a historic Sicilian town, Palazzo Peri stands at the very heart of Collesano in the Madonie Natural Park. An eighteenth century building with wonderful history, it would b...
€390,000
Collesano, Palermo, Italy
BEAUTIFUL, SPACIOUS THREE-BEDROOM PROPERTY WITH BEAUTIFUL VIEWS IN THE HEART OF COVETED COLLESANO Casa alla Basilica, a charming traditional property, awaits in the heart of coveted Collesano in northern Sicily. This move-in ready gem offers ample s...
€95,000
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.