This property is available for weekly rentals (from €18K to €54K a week) through The Thinking Traveler. 

Rocca delle Tre Contrade is a world-class luxury villa in Sicily available for as a vacation retreat. Renting by the week, the villa comes fully staffed, including cook and maids. 

Surrounded by lemon groves, fruit orchards, and gardens, offering 360-degree views from the Ionian Sea to Mount Etna, close to Catania. 

Built in 1850, the former aristocratic estate was abandoned in the 1960s. It was a labour of love to restore from the very beginning: there was no roof and trees were growing inside the villa! 

Fully renovated over 4 years, today it is considered a top-level luxury villa for the discerning traveler, complete with a tennis court and a 25-metre infinity pool. 

Milan-based Italian businessman Jon Moslet and his partner Marco Scire spent 5 years searching for the perfect property before they stumbled upon the abandoned Rocca delle Tre Contrade. 

'At first, it was an idea rather than a plan,' explains Jon. 'But gradually, we became more practical and honed in on a particularly beautiful and verdant area around Mount Etna, on the east coast of the island.' 

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