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Nice small pensione with nine clean, modern rooms, wooden furniture and amazing views of Monte Cofano and the gulf. They offer a cooking course, arrange airport transfers, horseback riding, tour guides, and boat and diving excursions. The restaurant is famous for its cous cous (see Pocho, San Vito lo Capo).

A study in total relaxation, where whitewashed buildings with large terraces look out over the island to the sea. There are no elevators, televisions, cars or street lights, but the hotel includes a bar, disco and restaurant, the latter serving fresh fish dinners on a terrace lit with oil lamps. The staff can arrange excursions. Children under 12 years are not allowed.

For 18 years this agency has been renting European properties, and they offer more than 50 options in Sicily. They can assist with travel plans and cooking schools.

This residence provides small bungalows that can accommodate any size of group, each with kitchenette and terrace. The park-like setting includes terraces under olive trees. Near the beach.

Nicely furnished, modern apartments in the heart of uptown Palermo between Teatro Massimo and the Politeama. Twenty suites are housed in a newly restored 19th-century palazzo and are all outfitted with a living room and small kitchen.

Rosemarie Tasca d’Almerita opens her home on the family’s wine estate as a B&B. Relax on her rose-planted terraces, walk through the vineyards and tour the winery. Three bedrooms, two with private baths.

Built as a monastery in the 1400s, the structure now houses 100 rooms. In beautiful grounds, the San Domenico offers views of the bay and Mount Etna, tennis courts, a pool and gym.

The estate deep in the Madonie mountains was founded as an abbey in 1363 but has been in the Tornabene family since 1856. Choose from a private cottage or one of 8 rooms in the converted stables. A pool, cookery classes, hiking and horseriding.

This reputable company offers more than 25 properties in Sicily, from cottages to castles that sleep from 2 to 17 people. They occasionally have representatives on site, help plan itineraries, secure hire cars, and organize day trips.

This large hotel and congress centre is built around a 16th-century baglio below Erice. There are 47 rooms and 55 apartments, a pool and private beach.