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.
Catania, 152, Italy
Large villa built in the early 1900s, situated in the centre of Catania, in the strategic and panoramic position with a sea view, a few kilometres form the beaches of the city. The villa is placed on a plot of about 1.300 sqm, with large spaces and p...
€1,200,000
Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy
A well presented second floor apartment with garage and shared terrace in Sambuca. Sambuca di Sicilia is a traditional Sicilian village on the South Western coast of this beautiful Island and a short distance to some spectacular beaches.
€75,000
Marsala, Sicily, Italy
An amazing investment opportunity to acquire Building B of the Bellavista Residence. This residence is located in a strategic position in the heart of the Stagnone di Marsala reserve, just a few minutes from the nearby Saline di Marsala.
€1,190,000
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
A beautiful, modern independent villa of 113 m2 located just 450 meters from the sea and offering spectacular far reaching sea views, thanks to its large top floor terrace. Alcamo is in a strategic location near the beautiful seaside resorts of Caste...
€145,000
Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy
If this house were a fabric, it would be silk. Blue like the sky, cream like the rocky and wild coast of Sicily, or turquoise like the Mediterranean and gold like the sun - two colors and the heart flies. We are near Scicli, where it is with great pl...
€95,000
Ciminna, Sicily, Italy
A well presented apartment within a standalone Villa close to Ristorante San Vito in Ciminna. Ciminna is a typically Sicilian village with a strong community feel with a number of local shops, bars and restaurants.
€105,000
Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy
It's early October, and with the lingering warmth yet to give way to autumn fog, I decided to take a stroll in the gardens beneath my house. The city offers myriad opportunities, but amidst the constraints of my job, I often question their necessity...
€398,000
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
Just 200 meters from the beach, is this second floor 73m2 apartment with a spacious outdoor veranda and balcony. Alcamo town is close to the beach and the charming seaside town of Castellammare del Golfo.
€52,000
Cinisi, Sicily, Italy
In the Magaggiari district of Cinisi, along the coastal road of the beautiful Magaggiari beach and close to Palermo and its International airport, stands this majestic villa with private swimming pool and grounds providing far reaching, panoramic vie...
€1,350,000
Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy
Today's proposition is an unconventional one, suited for those seeking to retreat to a rural setting, away from the noises of cities and traditional tourist routes. We find ourselves on the Ibleo plateau, in the municipality of Rosolini, a major agri...
€320,000
Ciminna, Sicily, Italy
In the charming village of Ciminna and just 30 kms away from the bustling capital of Palermo with it's International airport, is this modern and well presented 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom second floor apartment. It is in a block of 4 floors, and has its...
€93,000
Ciminna, Sicily, Italy
A very well presented and modernised 3 storey townhouse, providing 4 bedrooms and plenty of living space with a garage/basement living area with kitchen. It is located in the centre of this typically Sicilian village with many local bars and restaura...
€195,000
Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy
Travelling is an experience that gratifies all the senses. When you travel, you breathe in new scents, see previously ignored wonders, hear the melodies typical of a place. Think of the voice of fishermen on the beach, a day at a market, a walk in a ...
€130,000
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
A charming first floor apartment of 105 m2 with an independent entrance, large terraces and ample parking space with gated entrance that is just 300 meters from the beach. Alcamo is close to the beautiful seaside resorts of Castellammare del Golfo a...
€115,000
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
A modern and very well presented 3 bedroom apartment in a charming area close to the beach. This charming 95 m2 apartment is located on the first floor with a spectacular 40 m2 veranda with far reaching seaviews.
€75,000
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
In the beach side are of Aleccia and just a few steps from the sea, is this well presented apartment located on the first floor consisting of 95 m2 of living space with veranda and an assigned parking space. Alcamo is close to the beautiful seaside r...
€105,000
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.