LOCATION:

The farm holiday "Villa dei Papiri" is just 6 km away from Syracuse, intimately woven with the history of Syracuse and its most ancient legends and cultural traditions, since inside the Natural Reserve Ciane & Saline where you find the famous sources of the river Ciane, background of the myth of Proserpina as quoted in the Metamorphoses of Ovidio, according to which the nymph Ciane was transformed into a river for having tried to prevent the abduction of the goddess from Hades.
The Ciane is practicable with row boats departing from its mouth and going up the tide of the river. Along its shores, as inside Villa dei Papiri, there are luxuriant papyruses (Ciperus Papyrus) probably cared into Sicily from the Arabs as well as the citrus fruit trees that serve as a grandiose and perfumed frame to the whole context: 13 hectares of biologic oranges and lemons our guests can pick up and enjoy by themselves.
Inside the reserve as well as around our structure it is possible to go on some pleasant and relaxing walks or guided naturalistic excursions, so that you will discover some archaeological rests of the Greek age and observe the richest and different typologies of our flora and fauna.

DESCRIPTION:

Villa dei Papiri is essentially made up of a convivial place of 500 square metres, where breakfast is served every morning on a rich sideboard buffet with cappuccino, coffee and tea, yogurt and fruit, confectionery and local oven products as well as meats and cheeses. In this lounge it is possible to relax on the comfortable and pleasant couches, to read a book, to listen to the music, to watch tv, to be connected to internet (free access point or wireless connection with your own laptop), or even to sit down to the splendid tail piano that completes the warm furniture to play one of your favourite passages.
Adjacent to the hall there are eight suites with equipped kitchen: studio apartments from 40 up to 65 square metres (three double, three four-bed and two five-bed-ensuites), with a loft for the night zone (double canopy bed and single beds/use couch), the equipped kitchen and the bath with shower are on the ground floor. Every suite has got air conditioning/ heating, hair dryer, liquid soap, tv color and refrigerator; the entry is independent and overlooks the common garden with reserved table for pleasant outdoor breaks.
100mt away from the main structure there are three attractive annexes with sixteen double rooms: they vary according to the size (standard 18mq, superior 22mq, exclusive 26mq) and the endowments: the bed is always double with possible canopy, the exclusive rooms have the refrigerator, and all the rooms have the air conditioning/heating, tv, bath with shower, hair dryer and liquid soap. Besides there are two double rooms equipped for disabled people, and outside there are reserved tables with chairs and a relaxing garden too.

SERVICES:

For all the setups daily cleaning is guaranteed with change of bed and bath linen (in endowment) every three nights.
The parking lot is free and adjacent to the rooms, pets are welcome and it is possible to add the half board at the nearby Villa Cristina, managed by the same family, where the most delicious Sicilian gastronomic specialties can be tasted (meat or fish).
The staff of Villa dei Papiri is always happy to suggest excursions and activity for the leisure time of its guests.