Villa Dora

This is the fourth year we have rented Villa Dora - always for an extended period. It is a lovely villa, tranquil and secluded set in a beautiful garden. We have already booked it again for a six week period in the summer of 2019. Mariarita and Gianpaolo always make us most welcome and always on hand to sort any problems which might occur

We had a wonderfull week in your beautiful house. We enjoyed the pool, the quiteness and beautiful views and of course the nice warm sicilian weather. We have enjoyed every second of our stay here in Sicily. We will certainly recommend your holiday house to our friends and family.

We have enjoyed 10 peaceful days here in the wonderful setting of Villa Dora. There has been much to explore in the area. Returning to the villa each evening to enjoy the views and the sunsets was a real pleasure.

Wonderful! Thank you for your kind hospitality. We loved our stay and were sad to leave. Hopefully we can come back again.

Wir hatten eine wunderschönen Urlaub angefangen mit herzlichen Begrüßung bis zu einem wundervollen Aufenthalt! (Der Pool war wärlich das absolute highlight!) Wir komme gerne wieder.

We have enjoyed our first stay in Sicilia and the best experience of it. The house was wonderful with its calm and soothing atmosphere, refreshing and always clean pool and green garden with old olive trees. Welcome and care from the owner was friendly and generous and we very appreciated the private homely environment they created here for us.

We have been on many villa holidays since 2005 and this has to be one of the best. The lay out facilities and pool are excellent, Mariarita and Gianpaolo are excellent hosts and would do anything for you. Their hospitality and care are second to none. We would not hesitate to book this villa again and wish every blessing on the owners for success with their beautiful villa. Thank you for providing food for us and keeping the villa spick and span.

Magnifique séjour, maison très belle et très agréable. Super accueil des propriétaires avec un panier de figues du jardin. Merci pour tout.

Thank you for a wonderful stay. The house and pool are just beautiful and we really loved it. The owners could not have been nicer and kinder, thank you so much.

This was our 3rd stay at villa Dora. Thank you to the owner for making it so special – what a lovely position, so lovely and peaceful and that wonderful pool. Hopefully we will be back next year.

A beautiful place to relax and rest. Our very kind and friendly landlords welcomed us with a generous welcome basket and we directly felt home. The house has been perfect for our family of four. The well equipped outdoor kitchen (actually it is not really outdoor, it is a subsidiary building) and the marvelous pool have been used a lot and from the big veranda we enjoyed the view of the country. We had a great time in Villa Dora!

The photos don't do this lovely home justice - it is spacious and lovingly presented by the owners who met us to show us around and provide the keys. It was great to come back to the lovely pool after a hot day of exploring Noto, Ragusa and Modica. The living area is large and open and there are several dining areas to chose from - we mostly ate outside on the verandah which wraps around two walls of the house. We lived outdoors mainly under the shade of the covered verandah. Make sure you bring bug spray, though! The two main bedrooms upstairs are good size and the family bathroom upstairs is also roomy and well stocked with towels. The 3rd bedroom downstairs is a double bed and a smaller room but was fine for us for our 8 night stay. The garden is beautifully done, with lots of grass areas for children to play and the 250+ year old olive trees in the backyard add an amazing sense of history. The setting is a quiet rural area, about 3km from the town of Rosolini which has supermarkets, bakeries etc and does observe siesta (1pm - 4pm) so you will need to work around that if you want to explore the town. While the area around Modica is prettier, we found Villa Dora a great base from which to explore this corner of Sicily and the perfect spot to enjoy a glass of wine and plate of antipasto at the end of the day.

A really stunning property. Our hosts were exceptionally welcoming and provided a really generous welcome basket. They made arrival and departure very straightforward and gave us plenty of information about the local area, shopping and beaches. The beautiful garden with lovely pool attracted lots of wonderful wildlife so we mainly lived out on the well furnished verandah enjoying the view. The second kitchen with pizza oven was one of the highlights of the holiday as we all made our own pizzas and had a couple of very enjoyable social evenings. The villa provides an excellent base for exploring this area of Sicily and travel is very straightforward to all the Baroque towns. The only downside to us was not having booked a fortnight - seven days was not long enough.

Lovely villa with large outdoor space and fantastic pool. Spacious, clean and the outdoor kitchen including wood fired pizza oven was great.

Everything was Perfect and the host Family is really nice and helpful.

We had a great time in this beautiful house and its peaceful surroundings.