Price Starting from € 7800 per week (more information) Price on request.
Sleeps 10
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 5
Accessibility This property is not specifically suited to less mobile guests due to the different levels.
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Fontane Bianche


A design villa that transports its guests to the Mediterranean via Miami, with loud pops of colour and a glorious Seventies vibe


Fontane Bianche is a spacious and colourful, modernist design villa that lies two blocks from the sea in a small town of the same name on Sicily’s glorious south-eastern coast.

Terrazzo floors and cool and characterful ceramics shout Italy, specifically Sicily, yet the exterior tiles, the sunshine yellow kitchen and front door, the palms and the split staircase down to the lawn and pool are pure Miami. None of it would look out of place in a Slim Aarons photograph.

The house’s bright and bold design happily transports guests to different countries and decades. It is a house made for holidays full of family, friends and fun and, as such, it is as spacious and comfortable as it is zingy and zany.

The white-painted bedrooms are large and airy, with beautiful smooth floors, mid-century furniture and pops of individual colour. Large, comfy beds, fabulous views and doors to a terrace give a hotel vibe, while the en-suites have beautiful zellige tiles and some have double basins and one has a bath.

There are spacious living and dining areas inside, while outside there are numerous pockets for guests to hide away with a book or socialise together. Seventies cane furniture leans into the bygone glamour of the place and it’s a house built for sashaying, cocktail in hand, across the crazy paving and down the split stairs to the pool lawn. Even the planting is cinematic, with cactus, palms and bougainvillea framing the view of the sea.

Fontane Bianche is a joyful property. There is, of course, a sandy beach and the Ionian Sea on the doorstep, but if guests want to step even further back in time, Syracusa, Ortigia and Noto are full of ancient history and each is less than 20km away.

Rooms description


Bedrooms

Airy and spacious with beautiful terrazzo floors and glass doors to outside, the bedrooms are pure Mediterranean holiday style. One room has single beds and although fabulous for children, could equally well suit adults.

Bathrooms

Each bedroom has an en-suite shower room and one has a bath too. High-quality fixtures and fittings are matched by beautiful zellige tiles in different colours.

Kitchen

The well-equipped kitchen, with its sunshine yellow cupboards, sea-coloured zig-zag tiles and beautiful terrazzo floor, is open-plan to the dining area and sitting room. Guests will find everything they need to make feasts from the fresh local ingredients. The inside dining table has views across the pool to the sea. There is further dining space outside.

Living rooms

The vast living room has an enormous L-shaped sofa and three armchairs, all design-led, and the space lends itself perfectly to a party or a relaxing night in, with doors that open to the terrace and views of the sea.

Other rooms

Facilities


Cleaning

Weekly cleaning on Wednesday and final cleaning after departure.

Amenities

private pool, air conditioning, espresso machine, oven, fridge, fridge with freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, iron+board, wifi, cot, barbeque

Accessibility

This property is not specifically suited to less mobile guests due to the different levels.

Outside

The outside space is a kaleidoscope of textures, shapes, levels and planting, unified by seaside glamour. Guests won’t be able to stop themselves from living their best holiday life – drinks on the terrace, dinners under the stars and pool parties on the lower lawn. There are sunloungers and easy chairs and plenty of space for everyone. It’s also just a short stroll out the gate to dinner or the beach.

Notes

Availability & Pricing


weekly prices
from 15 April 2024 to 1 June 2024 € 7800
from 1 June 2024 to 13 July 2024 € 8800
from 13 July 2024 to 31 August 2024 € 9800
from 31 August 2024 to 28 September 2024 € 8800
from 28 September 2024 to 16 November 2024 € 7800
from 12 April 2025 to 31 May 2025 € 7800
from 31 May 2025 to 12 July 2025 € 8800
from 12 July 2025 to 30 August 2025 € 9800
from 30 August 2025 to 27 September 2025 € 8800
from 27 September 2025 to 15 November 2025 € 7800
Price on request.
Cleaning is included in the rental price
Extra cleanings daily available on request
2 baby cots & high chairs on request

In House extra services on demand:
Welcome Menus upon arrival
Chefs (fine dining, traditional)
Massages
Yoga & PT
Babysitting
Wine tastings
E-bikes rental
Transfers

Tourist Tax to be paid upon arrival

Security deposit: EUR 1500 to be paid to SU before arrival as specified in the booking confirmation.
Deposit: 30% upon booking, balance 30 working days before arrival.
Sustainability For every booking we make on this property, we will plant a tree through our charitable partner, Trees for All.
Arrival & Departure Between July & August Saturdays (depending on other bookings) arrival from 4 PM and departure latest 10 AM. Other arrivals and departures days upon request.

Leisure & Activities


Activities

A lovely big curve of sandy beach is just a walk away, or, drive a little further and you’ll find the beaches inside the Vendicari Nature Reserve that are wilder and completely unspoilt. They include Eloro, Pizzuta, Calamosche, San Lorenzo and, if you’d rather throw caution to the wind, as well as your clothes, Marianelli. For a round of golf, the 18-hole I Monasteri course is less than 20km away.

Specials

We would be delighted to help you plan the details of your stay at Fontane Bianche in advance. The following are available on request: private chef, regional cooking classes, nanny, driver, boat rental, massage therapist, yoga instructor and tourist guide.

Happenings

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Surroundings


Location
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Surroundings

Guests will adore Fontane Bianche itself, not least for its ease and convenience, but there is a clutch of towns to explore on the doorstep, too. Be charmed by beautiful Noto, with its baroque architecture, colourful interiors and fabulous array of restaurants that offer everything from pizzas to fine dining, using beautiful, slow-grown local ingredients. Syracusa, also, is full of ancient history and archaeological interest and is matched in its baroque splendour by both Ragusa and Modica - the latter is known as the city of 100 churches and is famed for its chocolate production. The island of Ortigia is another gem of pretty, medieval streets, heaving with history, while Marzamemi is a fishing village full of charm, with delightful restaurants.

Travel

Air
The nearest airports are: Catania [CTA] (72km); Comiso [CIY] (100km); Palermo [PMO] (312km); and Trapani-Birgi [TPS](393km).

Train
The nearest train station to the property is in Fontane Bianche (1km).

Road
The property is in Fontane Bianche itself which is accessed off the coast road (E45) along the SP104.

Distances

Syracusa (16km); Ortigia Island (17km); Noto (19km); Lido di Noto (21km); San Lorenzo beach (35km); Marzamemi (38km); Ispica (42km); Palazzolo Acreide (42km); Modica (62km); Scicli (67km); Catania (77km); Ragusa (79km); Taormina (131km); Agrigento (223km); and Palermo (284km).

Your villa and Covid-19


To prevent any possible spread of Covid-19 and to enable you to enjoy a safe and relaxing holiday, all our villas are cleaned to the highest standard possible, and according to the latest Italian health and safety regulations.

Perfect hygiene: to ensure an exceptional level of hygiene in all our villas, we’ve worked with our owners to create a Covid-19 villa management protocol. Based on recommendations from the World Health Organisation, and in compliance with current Italian national law, this protocol goes above and beyond our usual rigorous cleaning standards.

Prior to arrival, your villa will have been fully sanitised, including all surfaces, objects, kitchen items, curtains, sofas, throws, pillows, toys, and in and around the pool. You are welcome to ask for a detailed list of the entire cleaning procedure we do after each departure and before welcoming new guests to the property.

The owner of this house has complied with the following standards:

  • To ensure the necessary information concerning social distancing and the use of masks is available to all guests
  • To guarantee availability of and accessibility to hand hygiene systems with hydro-alcoholic solutions and soaps in all inside areas of, and pertaining to, the villa
  • To guarantee cleaning and disinfection of all areas according to national authority guidelines. Further information is available on request
  • For the swimming pool: to guarantee the efficacy of the water treatments, while respecting legal limits (the parameter for free active chlorine in the pool is between 1.0 – 1.5 mg/l; combined chlorine ≤ 0.40 mg/l; pH 6.5 – 7.5 or equivalent oxygen)
  • For air conditioning systems: to guarantee the air re-circulation function is switched off and, according to the manufacturer’s instructions, with the plant in off-mode, to clean the air filters of the heating/cooling plants that use heat pumps, fan coils and convectors, at the end of each stay

For more general information about Covid-19 in Italy, please click here.


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