ESPECIALLY FOR SICILY TRAVELERS
The months are flying by, and April (or June) will be here before you know it. So here is a brief glimpse of the place you will be staying at in Sicily, your home away-from-home, in Sciacca, Agrigento province.
Briefly, there are 72 vacation units in this complex, but we are the only ones who live here year round. The structures are less than 15 years old, new enough to not have major problems, old enough to get the kinks worked out. Picture 1 is an overview of where your apartments are located, the row of apartments that is on the top level of this three level complex. They are owned now by one owner, a corporation made up of two brothers, quite young guys who inherited them from their dad when he died and who own other apartments in other Sicilian cities. They seem to know what they are doing, and the younger one, Domenico, has a degree in botany. I did not take a picture of his moms garden because someone was there, but it is incredible. They are also US citizens and speak English.
Pictures 2 and 3 are of some of the apartments. We do not know for sure which ones you will be staying in because they will assign them as the time gets closer. But they are all very well cared for with lovely gardens. Picture 4 is the view of the bay from your terrace, and picture 5 is the view from our terrace here on the first level. It is not always sunny here-this is of a spring storm and the waves are higher than normal. Picture 6 is the nearby complex in which the brothers also own apartments. They are smaller and nice too, and it is possible that you will be staying here, but I imagine we will all be in this complex since that is what we asked for.
Picture 7 shows the port of Sciacca and 8, the view from the top of the town (from the green swath in the center) looking toward our bay. You can see the big communication towers (toward the top right of the picture). The tallest one is above and between our two apartment complexes pictured here. Picture 9 shows our bay in summer and the small boats that are here for several months. Picture 10 shows one set of stairs on the far side of the complex and the fence that keeps the sheep out when they come to graze here. Picture 11 shows part of the stairs that go down to the beach and picture 12 is the beach in full summer. The apartment complex rises behind the hillside with the communication tower in the background. The last view is a long view from the road of the whole complex.
As the time comes closer to your trip, I will put together some pictures of the places you will be seeing when you are here. See you all soon!
Briefly, there are 72 vacation units in this complex, but we are the only ones who live here year round. The structures are less than 15 years old, new enough to not have major problems, old enough to get the kinks worked out. Picture 1 is an overview of where your apartments are located, the row of apartments that is on the top level of this three level complex. They are owned now by one owner, a corporation made up of two brothers, quite young guys who inherited them from their dad when he died and who own other apartments in other Sicilian cities. They seem to know what they are doing, and the younger one, Domenico, has a degree in botany. I did not take a picture of his moms garden because someone was there, but it is incredible. They are also US citizens and speak English.
Pictures 2 and 3 are of some of the apartments. We do not know for sure which ones you will be staying in because they will assign them as the time gets closer. But they are all very well cared for with lovely gardens. Picture 4 is the view of the bay from your terrace, and picture 5 is the view from our terrace here on the first level. It is not always sunny here-this is of a spring storm and the waves are higher than normal. Picture 6 is the nearby complex in which the brothers also own apartments. They are smaller and nice too, and it is possible that you will be staying here, but I imagine we will all be in this complex since that is what we asked for.
Picture 7 shows the port of Sciacca and 8, the view from the top of the town (from the green swath in the center) looking toward our bay. You can see the big communication towers (toward the top right of the picture). The tallest one is above and between our two apartment complexes pictured here. Picture 9 shows our bay in summer and the small boats that are here for several months. Picture 10 shows one set of stairs on the far side of the complex and the fence that keeps the sheep out when they come to graze here. Picture 11 shows part of the stairs that go down to the beach and picture 12 is the beach in full summer. The apartment complex rises behind the hillside with the communication tower in the background. The last view is a long view from the road of the whole complex.
As the time comes closer to your trip, I will put together some pictures of the places you will be seeing when you are here. See you all soon!
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