A boutique hotel styled with the utmost taste, Dimora Delle Balze is exquisitely Sicilian. Everything about the 24-hectare property, surrounded by verdant countryside and hills, breathes the height of rustic sophistication: from original frescoes and Byzantine columns to fragrant courtyards, atmospherically lit at night.
There are just 12 individually-designed rooms in this 19th-century masseria (country estate or farmhouse). Views of a central Mediterranean courtyard are afforded to those in the former farmhouse, storage and stable buildings, with high ceilings and bare stonework. In the main manor building, every interior is imbued with a contemporary chic – expertly and effortlessly achieved, be it thanks to natural wood furniture or a few well-placed local ceramics. An idyllic destination for an Italian retreat.
