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1. Rocca delle Tre Contrade, Etna
For exact In the foothills of Mount Etna, overlooking the sparkling Ionian Sea, Rocca delle Tre Contrade is one of the most spectacular places to rent in Sicily, and it's available for the first time this spring.
Painted a faded-grandeur shade of pink, this 19th-century villa was, until very recently, an estate owned by Sicilian aristocracy - and you can well imagine Il Gattopardo and his voluminous-skirted daughters waltzing around beneath its 30-foot-high vaulted ceilings. It is vast, and retains all its old-nobility charm. It is made up of three buildings, all interconnected, each with three floors, furnished with heavy Sicilian antique tables and cabinets mixed with contemporary pieces; and many of the original features - open stonework, colonnaded terraces, stone-tiled floors, massive fireplaces - have been retained.
