8 bedrooms villa, 750 m²

Ispica, Ragusa (province)

This fantastic property in southern Sicily is unique: reachable from picturesque roads with characteristic "dry" stone walls in Ragusan stone, it is located 6 minutes from the beautiful and renowned beaches of Santa Maria del Focallo, 9 minutes from the historic center of Ispica, 5 minutes from the new E45 highway and about 1 hour from Catania Fontanarossa airport. In the area, there are the towns of Noto and Ragusa Ibla, suggestive historic centers famous worldwide for their churches and monuments in Sicilian Baroque style, often used as film sets by the greatest directors.
The main villa is reached from the communal road Ispica-Santa Maria del Focallo through an easily passable dirt road about 5 meters wide that leads to the hill of "Valleforno Country House di Charme," the name on maps and tourist portals. Arriving at the villa's parking lot, you can enter the house comfortably without stairs or ramps. Lush and well-kept plants frame the small entrance porch. On the ground floor, there is a double living room, an adjacent eat-in kitchen, a dining room, and at the back, a comfortable large laundry room with access to the rear garden. On the ground floor, there are two bathrooms, a storage room, and a large veranda overlooking the pool and garden.
Going up the stairs from the entrance to the first floor, there are three bedrooms separated by a convenient passage to the stairs, another storage room, and a bathroom. Two small terraces and a large attic that can be used as a storage room complete the first floor.
The real estate complex continues with three very well-finished tourist apartments, separated by communicating doors to modulate, if necessary, the number of beds for guests. They are composed as follows:
1- On the opposite side of the pool, a bedroom with access to the lawn, a bathroom, a kitchen, a living/bedroom with access to a porch, lawn, and barbecue area.
2- At the back of the garden: a double bedroom, two bathrooms, a kitchen-living room, with access to an internal patio, rear lawn, and barbecue area.
3- Independent, three double bedrooms, two of which are communicating, and one of the two with independent access from the garden, living/kitchen, two en-suite bathrooms, lawn with pool view, patio with pool view, and barbecue area.
All the apartments are furnished and equipped with private parking. There is also a garage. A recently installed system of solar panels with battery storage makes the electricity bill very low and improves the overall energy performance in view of the "EU 2030" emissions reduction perspective.
The garden is truly spectacular with precious essences, rare "emperor" palms in Sicily, cycads, an exotic garden area with very particular succulent plants, olive trees, mandarin trees, orange trees.
The pool has a curved and gentle shape with a large panoramic solarium, worthy of a large resort, with a pergola to protect against the hottest hours of the Sicilian summer. There is also a small room that could be used as a bar, which includes an underground technical room for the pool.
Connected by a pathway in the garden but separated by a gate, there is the external area with the decorative fountain of the RESTAURANT, which can also be sold separately. It consists of three restaurant and entertainment rooms that can accommodate about 130 people over an area of 304 square meters plus a storage area of 18 square meters. It has a wood-burning pizza oven, a bar, fully equipped kitchens in compliance with regulations, disabled toilets, a large covered pergola for over 100 seats with a suggestive view of Ispica, which is truly fascinating at night. Outside, there is a bar and toilets for guests of the outdoor patio during summer dinners.
The large parking lot consists of two large unpaved squares dedicated to the restaurant. There is also a useful well for water that is regularly registered with the Civil Engineering Department of Ragusa, which supplies the pool and the buildings.
The description of the property is completed by the plot of land, a sloping olive grove around the pool, and also the possibility of building with a volume of 383.20 cubic meters.
The family-run tourist rental activity is well-established, with bookings for loyal customers for 18/20 guests per night and is in excellent general maintenance condition.
This wonderful and unique property is very interesting for those who desire a luxury villa with a pool but also for those who want to use it for individual periods and have an (excellent) income for much of the year thanks to an already established flow of national and international tourists who return every year. The restaurant, a great entrepreneurial opportunity for lovers of Sicilian Food and Lifestyle, can also be offered for sale separately, as it is physically and legally detached from the main villa.