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Price	Starting from € 6000 per week (more information)	Price on request.
Sleeps	12
Bedrooms	6
Bathrooms	6
Accessibility	This villa is not specifically suited to less mobile guests
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La Rada

A design-led villa and beautiful Mediterranean garden that’s perfect for friends or family looking for style and comfort in this rich corner of Sicily

La Rada is a fabulous beachfront villa set back from the clifftop at Caponegro, not far from the baroque splendour of Noto and the wild beautry of the Vendicari nature reserve in Siciliy’s south-east corner.

A big sister property to La Caletta, the villa is split across two adjacent buildings. The front house is closest to the pool and has sea views, while the other house is set slightly behind, offering a quieter space. Each house has three double bedrooms, accommodating 12 guests in total.

The property’s design is architecturally sophisticated and the carefully curated interiors reflect different cultural influences, from local Sicilian ceramic tiles to African textiles. The villa has been built and decorated with beautiful, top-end materials, including polished wood and richly veined marble. The bedrooms are wonderfully cocooning, each with a private terrace, while the living spaces are big and open.

The garden has been as carefully designed as the villa, with stunning landscaping, a large veranda that wraps around two sides of the building, and a lovely pool with a decked surround.

Looking back at the house from the cliff top, it feels for a moment that you could be looking at the Hollywood Hills. Which brings us nicely to Noto: a must-visit baroque town with a centro storico so elegant you’ll feel you’ve stumbled onto a film set. Go in the late afternoon when the sandstone walls of the 18th century baroque architecture glow ochre and the people-watching is at its best. Then retreat to this sensational villa in this glorious corner of Sicily.

Rooms description

Bedrooms

The villa can accommodate 12 guests in six double en-suite rooms that our split equally between two adjacent buildings. The ground floor in each has a double bedroom with an en-suite shower opening onto a private, shaded terrace. Likewise, each house has two bedrooms on the first floor: one with a sea view, both with access to a terrace.
Simply decorated in soft neutrals, there is North African-inspired artwork and beautiful natural materials, including wood, linen and seagrass. All bedrooms have air conditioning.

Bathrooms

The en-suites are all shower rooms. Individually decorated, some have zellige tiles, others marble, all with high-quality fixtures and fittings.

Kitchen

The vast living space features the kitchen, dining table and living room. A mix of high-end materials, including beautiful, grained wood and marble, local stone and tiles, it’s a space that’s fabulous as well as functional. If the expertly equipped indoor kitchen isn’t enough, there’s also an outdoor kitchen on the veranda along with a second dining table. Whether inside or out, this is a great villa for entertaining.

Living rooms

The living area is a celebration of textures and materials with big squishy cushions, local ceramic floor tiles, and a retaining wall in local stone that runs both inside and out, seen through the floor-to-ceiling window. It’s a lovely space in which everyone can be together or for seeking out quiet time when the sun is at its hottest.

Facilities

Cleaning

Daily cleanings between 9:00 and 12:00

Amenities

private pool, air conditioning, espresso machine, hob/stove, oven, fridge, fridge with freezer, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, iron+board, television, wifi, cot, high chair, barbeque

Accessibility

This villa is not specifically suited to less mobile guests

Outside

La Rada is a villa where the external areas have been designed as an integral part of the living space. A veranda wraps round two sides of the front house, with floor-to-ceiling glass that, on the ground floor, leads from the indoor kitchen to the outdoor one and to the large wooden dining table. Built-in benches form a sitting area, perfect for post-pranzo snoozes. There are other shaded, decked lounge areas throughout the hectare of lush Sicilian garden that has been cleverly landscaped and planted with olive trees, aromatic herbs, and ornamental plants. A path winds through the greenery to the wood-decked 11m x 3.5m pool and out the gate to the cliffs beyond.

Availability & Pricing

Rates

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New in our portfolio!

weekly prices

from 1 January 2026 to 31 May 2026	€ 6000
from 1 June 2026 to 30 June 2026	€ 7500
from 1 July 2026 to 31 August 2026	€ 11000
from 1 September 2026 to 30 September 2026	€ 7500
from 1 October 2026 to 31 January 2027	€ 6000

Cleaning: EUR 500

Included in the rental price:
Bed linen and towels
Pool / sea towels
Small welcome kit, biscuits, water
Bathroom linen - rearrangement of bedrooms and bathrooms in case of bookings of more than 10 days
Baby cot and high chair

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

Security deposit: EUR 1500 to be paid before arrival as specified in the booking confirmation.
30% deposit upon booking; balance 30 working days prior to arrival.

Tourist tax: EUR 2 per person per day. To be paid in cash up on arrival.

CIN: IT089002C2BYDH5BF3

Sustainability

For every booking we make on this property, we will plant a tree through our charitable partner, Trees for All.

Arrival & Departure

Saturdays arrival as of 4 - 8 PM and departure latest 10 AM. Other arrival and departure days on request. A minimum stay of 4 nights is required. Late check in: EUR 50,00

Leisure & Activities

Activities

The breathtaking beaches of Sicily’s south-eastern corner are a delight. Guests just need to head to the end of the garden to find the cliff path from where it’s a short walk to a small cove. Walk a little further and you’ll find the Kairos Beach Club with a rocky beach, a restaurant and a pizzeria; Contrada Gallina (3km) is the nearest sandy beach. Otherwise, choose between the Lidos di Avola, Noto and Fontane Bianche or, travel 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 just 20 minutes away. Noto and the surrounding area has a long history of producing wines, in particular Nero d’Avola, a red, and its white counterpart, Moscato Bianco. Head for a vineyard and cellar tour, or a tasting at a winery, or if you’d rather skip straight to a glass try somewhere along Corso Vittoria Emmanuelle in Noto for the best people watching.

Specials

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

Surroundings

Location

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Surroundings

La Rada is on the coast between Lido di Avola (10km) and Fontane Bianche (6km) and there are numerous beach clubs just a few minutes’ drive away. Guests will be charmed by the beautiful late baroque towns of the Val di Noto, particularly Noto itself, an absolute jewel of a town, stuffed full of filmset worthy baroque architecture and a fabulous array of restaurants that offer everything from pizzas to fine dining, using beautiful, slow-grown local ingredients. Syracusa is of similar archaeological interest and is matched in its baroque splendour by both Ragusa and Modica, while the island of Ortigia is a gem of pretty, medieval streets, heaving with history.

Travel

Air
The nearest airports are: Catania [CTA] (78km); Comiso [CIY] (86km); Palermo [PMO](302km); and Trapani-Birgi [TPS](383km).
Train
The nearest train station to the property is in Noto (19km).
Road
The property is between Avola and Fontane Bianche, off the E45 and SS115 coast roads.

Distances

Avola (5km); Fontane Bianche (8km); Lido di Noto (19km); Noto (19km); Syracuse (24km); Ortigia Island (26km); San Lorenzo beach (30km); Marzamemi (33km); Ispica (37km); Palazzolo Acreide (43km); Modica (57km); Scicli (62km); Ragusa (74km); Catania (78km); Taormina (131km); Agrigento (221km); and Palermo (275km).

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