Our Sicilian home shares a private courtyard, and has its own garden - very rare to find in historic town centers.
Sambuca
The super high ceilings, original tiled stove and incredible views all offer unlimited potential for the 2nd floor of our Sicilian home.
Despite needing a very thorough renovation, our Sicilian home boasts tons of unique features that make it a very special home.
The first step to buying a house in Italy is to find the town that feels like home.
CNN Travel. Silvia Marchetti. 3 August 2022 Buyers from all around the world have been snapping up dilapidated Italian homes at rock bottom prices over the past few years as numerous depopulated towns and villages attempt to revive their dwindling communities by offering property bargains. While the prospect of substantial structural upgrades, along with the red tape often involved in purchasing a home...
Travel+Leisure. Stacey Leasca. 31 July 2022 It's very possible you've never heard of Sambuca, Italy. It's not a place made famous by Instagram, nor a place filled with any particular industry that would lure in the crowds. It's a spot that's barely a speck on the map, located some 42 miles southwest of Palermo on the island of Sicily, with fewer than 6,000 permanent residents. But it's a spot worth...
CNN. Silvia Marchetti. 4 May 2022 There’s a place on the Italian island of Sicily where you’re increasingly likely to hear an American accent wafting down its narrow streets instead of the local language. Sambuca di Sicilia, which gained a reputation as one of the first places in the country to sell off old houses for next to nothing, is becoming something of an Italian “Little America” after...
The Independent. Joey Tyson. 14 April 2022 Italy’s super cheap houses have become the stuff of legend in recent years. The €1 home initiative “Case 1 Euro” launched in 2017, dreamt up by the authorities to reverse the effects of depopulation in rural regions and repair derelict buildings. As abandoned houses and flats were sold off in tiny rural towns all over the country, the idea of nabbing a...
Forbes. Cecilia Rodriguez. 15 April 2022. Normally when people hear about European towns selling houses and even entire villages for symbolic prices — €1 — they’re not planning to move or change their lives but the offers are so intriguing that they wonder: ‘Why not’? There are so many semi-abandoned small towns in Europe with local officials looking for creative ways to revitalize their...
The Times. Victoria Brzezinski. 20 March 2022 Finding an unknown corner in one of our favourite countries is the holy grail for tourists. For locals seeking to attract visitors it’s a different matter. Which is why the hilltop town of Sambuca di Sicilia, a little over an hour’s drive south of Palermo, but far off the radar for most holiday-makers, is trying to whip up some enthusiasm and put itself...
