Christie's International Real Estate offers for sale this enchanting property located on the top of a hill overlooking the golden beaches of the Tyrrhenian Sea on the outskirts of Messina. The house, designed in every detail and intended to be inhabited by the family, was built in 2006 in a space of eight hundred square meters well distributed over four levels communicating with each other with an internal staircase and lift. The rooms, harmonious and elegant, characterized by light colors in shades of yellow, evoke lightness, warmth and happiness; a sunny house in absolute harmony with the long, hot days that characterize the island's climate.

Modern and functional, made with quality materials in the classic Sicilian style: marble, porcelain stoneware, Caltagirone ceramics, natural stone mosaics in shades of cobalt blue, emerald green and magenta, floors decorated freehand with geometric and floral motifs , wooden and wrought iron furnishing accessories, Vienna straw and showy vases, give the house a unique design with a timeless charm, a riot of emotions and colors.

Opening, the first level houses the study room, positioned to the right and well disengaged from the rest of the area made up of four large rooms used as storage, cellar and laundry. The living area, sober and refined, arranged on the ground floor, represents the nerve center of the house, it houses a linear and functional kitchen, two bathrooms, two bedrooms, one of which is used as a walk-in closet and the large living room, opening onto the luxuriant garden thanks to large windows; the French window, which clearly divides the living room from the dining area, displays a large ornamental olive tree, intentionally left in front of the house door as a symbol of peace, love and hope. Upstairs, a sequence of bedrooms slides down the corridor, seven in all and four bathrooms; each room overlooks the terrace that surrounds the entire floor, as well as on every level of the house.The beauty of the panorama that can be admired there is disarming, all-encompassing. It penetrates like light, with absolute grace, emphasizing the space of the rooms, enveloping them with its bright colors and with the fresh sea breeze, which gently cradles the seductive Aeolian islands placed in the background like a glorious painting of nature.

In the attic, there is an apartment that consists of three bedrooms, each with an en suite bathroom, a kitchen and an enveloping living room where in the evening you can relax on the sofa under the starry sky of the skylights; on winter days, the fireplace framed by carved marble creates warmth, welcome and intimacy. The elegant residence, equipped with heating, air conditioning and a solar system, is surrounded by a verdant garden of five thousand square meters dotted with rows of precious olive trees, elegant palms and luxuriant specimens of cycads. The sculpted hedges that flank the driveway create large, flat flowerbeds embellished with flower boxes, aromatic plants such as thyme and rosemary, cypresses interspersed with boxwood and oleander. Ivy climbs walls and gates and jasmine envelops you with its fragrant bloom. The prickly pear cactus with its juicy fruits, a distinctive symbol of the Sicilian landscape, confirms its belonging. In this area there is a large parking space.

The property includes agricultural land of approximately five thousand square meters, planted with olive groves with three hundred olive trees of the San Benedetto cultivar; including also the three existing ruins on it.

The extensive residence, framed by an uncontaminated landscape of rare beauty, represents the ideal solution for a private residence, however the large spaces that define it also make it suitable for use as an elegant accommodation facility. For me, the ideal home is a starting point and not an arrival point, a blank page that requires giving meaning to every gesture. (Umberto Riva).