A prestigious villa immersed in the greenery of a fourteenth-century baglio area.  The property is located near the town of Balestrate close to Palermo.

This fine property consists of a large living room-kitchen, two small rooms, one bedroom and a bathroom on the ground floor; a bedroom, a small bedroom, bathroom plus a covered terrace of 30m2. There is also a basement cellar of 35m2.

Also not far away, in the midst of dense vegetation, there is a cottage consisting of two rooms and a bathroom covering a total area of 40m2.  It has a stone kitchen outdoors under a large wooden canopy supported by stone pillars.

All the structures are developed on a surface paved with basalt and white stone from Custonaci and extend approx 500m2, divided into different living spaces connected by avenues and flower beds.  Around the house , on two levels, is a mature garden of about 4000 m2 planted with different varieties  of olive trees, together with different fruit plants (pear, apple, apricot, plum, fig, mulberry) , carob, azzeruolo, pomegranate, walnut), many citrus plants of different species and varieties (orange, mandarin, bergamot, lemon, lumia of Sicily), with several tall palms. The area is enclosed by an ancient 2.5 m high dry stone wall covered with bougainvillea, tumbergia, canadian vines, bignonia, wisteria, etc.

The property is accessed through three large entrances with high wrought iron gates.  The main entrance is accessed by a wide paved road that leads to a large surface paved with basalt cobblestones with large river pebbles inside, which leads to a 30m2 wooden car shelter.

The house is equipped with electricity, telephone, drinking water, a reserve tank of about 9 cubic meters, a water well and finally has an alarm system connected to the local Police station.

The property is located on top of a hill, 2.5 kms from the town of Balestrate and 1.5 kms from the beach. Palermo is approx 45 kms away via the motorway.

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