Accommodation
The property has four air-conditioned double bedrooms, each with its own fully equipped bathroom. All rooms are furnished elegantly and simply, creating an atmosphere that is both intimate and welcoming, and open directly onto the adjoining terrace area. A small corridor links bedrooms to the open-plan sitting-room/dining-room, where guests will find, in addition to the usual dining table, chairs, sofas and coffee tables, a writing desk and spacious bookcase. This very large room can thus be used for various activities, and also provides ample direct access to the easy chairs and other seats available on the open-air terrace. The terrace itself has its own unique ambience, with various corners in which to relax and enjoy the background of carob trees, and, in the distance, the blue of the Mediterranean.
Adjoining the sitting-room/dining-room is a roomy and well-provisioned kitchen, containing a central kitchen-island, generous storage space, fridge freezer, table and chairs. This work area opens onto a rear terrace, and thence to the garden, gazebo and barbecue. At the back also, an external flight of stairs leads up to sun-roof, from where there is a view of the whole of the bay of Sampieri.
Linked to the living area and on the ground floor are a laundry, a central ironing-room, and a utility room with all facilities. Below the terrace, there are covered parking spaces for four vehicles. The layout of the house is comfortable and pleasing, with an attention to detail that should ensure for all guests an enjoyable stay.
Setting
The garden, its outdoor facilities, together with the nearby carob trees, and the typical dry-stone walling surrounding the property, encourages alfresco living, and an enjoyment of gentle breezes in the shade of the carob-trees.
Varieties of Holiday based at Safrala
A Holiday by the Sea
From the end of May till throughout October, relatively high average air temperatures make it possible to be on the beach, enjoying the sun and the warm waters of the Mediterranean. During this period, Safrala offers the opportunity of combining a seaside holiday with one in the countryside.
Spring Holidays
Staying at Safrala during springtime gives visitors the chance to get to know and enjoy the landscapes of south-east Sicily at their best, when they are green and verdant. From the month of March through to late June, the climate of the Mediterranean coast renders the countryside and the open air enjoyable at all hours of the day. For exercise, one can take long beach walks, or explore the many country lanes by bicycle, passing through splendid panoramas of fields of scented wild flowers.
This period is also the right time to become familiar with local traditions and beliefs, and their celebration in local festivals and parades, but especially of course during the Holy Week of Easter.
A Study Holiday
The ambience of Safrala, its convenient and comfortable fitted interior, and peaceful external environment, is ideally suited to support prolonged periods dedicated to scholarship, to drafting reports, to scientific study, or to creative writing.
For this type of holiday, additional service provision can be arranged.
From March to June we organize visits to wineries, wineries and ancient inns, from October to December visits to mills, dairy farms and laboratories embroidery Sicilian.