Villa Modica – Page 3 – Living the Life in Sicily

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From Our Land

Street Vendors of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables

Just doing into town from the villa (1.2km) on the street side you will find farmers selling their fresh produce, they are selling fresh fruit, vegetables and more, its as if you did pick it yourself from your own garden, that’s how fresh it is, a lovely experience to be able to buy right from…

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Food Shops

A Fresh Fish Story

We are lucky to have the best fish monger in town, “Pescheria Claudio”, thats where you will find the freshest fish anywhere, the bubbly and smiling Claudio will be happy to serve you any kind of fish thats available in season, its fished the night before, if some time his store is closed its because…

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Fun Activities for the Whole Family

A Little Corner of Paradise for Nature Lovers and Hikers

It’s called call it the Grand Canyon of Sicily! The “CAVA GRANDE DEL CASSIBILE”. Cavagrande del Cassibile, the big gorge of the Cassibile creek,it is located in southeastern part of Sicily, south of the town of Siracusa in the Hyblaeans Mountains . This is a limestone plateau full of karst features and overgrown by dense…

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What a New Year Surprise

Welcome to global Cooling?? The first time in over 100 years that we have had snow, over 20 cm, what a treat for the kids. It felt very Christmasy ….loved it.

Liquid Gold… Our Extra Virgin Olive Oil https://www.villamodica.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Centrifuga_verticale_g1.jpg 2608 1952 Villa Modica Villa Modica https://www.villamodica.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Centrifuga_verticale_g1.jpg 14/11/2014 01/04/2020

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From Our Land

Liquid Gold… Our Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Fall and the olive harvest is in full swing, we produce one of the finest extra virgin olive oil in our area, the trick to get great olive oil is to harvest the olives by hand, hand select only the best quality, reason is the hand picking avoids brushing the fruit, if the olive is…

Prickly Pears From Our Cactus Trees (Opuntia is a Genus in the Cactus Family Cactaceae) https://www.villamodica.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/securedownload.jpeg 1944 2592 Villa Modica Villa Modica https://www.villamodica.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/securedownload.jpeg 08/09/2014 01/04/2020

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From our Garden

Prickly Pears From Our Cactus Trees (Opuntia is a Genus in the Cactus Family Cactaceae)

Prickly pears typically grow with flat, rounded cladodes (also called platyclades) armed with two kinds of spines; large, smooth, fixed spines and small, hairlike prickles called glochids, that easily penetrate skin and detach from the plant. Many types of prickly pears grow into dense, tangled structures. Like all true cactus species, prickly pears are native…

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From our Garden

Delicious Sweet Black Figs

Every year at the end of August our 80 years old fig tree makes the sweetest figs, it was planted by my grandfather, now we enjoy them for breakfast or just get up very early in the morning and grab one to eat right on the spot, cold and crisp from the night cool air.…

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What a Day at the Park, Walking on the Tree Tops – Adults & Kids LOVE It

Oh what a lovely day we had at Bucchieri’s Nature Park, fresh pure oxygen to breathe while walking on ropes, from tree to tree, a kids and adults paradise to spend a day at…not expensive, for 1/2 day use of the park only 8 euros each, then if you go for a lovely home made…

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What a Day at the Ricotta Farm!

What a lovely day we had with our guests at the ricotta farm today, fresh everything, hand made by Maria..we ate and ate more..from the antipasto to the hot ricotta, it was excellent.. How to get there GPS. Coordinates : Latitude : 36° 55’8.70″ N Longitude : 14° 55’16.87″E

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Cake Shop

Cakes & Pastries and More

I wish that i could celebrate my birthday every week…ohh the cakes that the DeLorenzo Pasticceria makes from scratch are just out of this world…so sinfully good, can’t stop on the first slice.. GPS coordinates: Latitude 36°51’46.17″N Longitude 14°45’35.07″E