Hotel La Casa del Ficus (Acireale, Italy)

About La Casa del Ficus

B&B in a private villa plunged in the green of citrus plantations at only 2km from the sea and from Etna volcano. The accommodation has been reconstructed very recently (2003) using typical Sicilian materials as rustic terracotta and lava stone. At guests' disposal also a wide courtyard in front of the house, 350sq.m. Of garden with garden furniture to realax and a useful roofed parking.We are in Guardia, in Acireale municipality, a Baroque town famous for its Carnival, for its spa and its cakes, on the side of the volcano on a lava plateau sheer over Ionian sea. At short distance Lemons Riviera with the sea hamlets (Pozzillo. S.M. La Scala, Stazzo, S.Tecla). At approximately half an hour by car are Taormina, Etna Park, Nebrodi Park, and Alcantara River Park. Reachable for a day trip Catania and Cyclops Riviera, Siracusa, Piazza Armerina, Caltagirone. We are in an ideal location to visit East Sicily and more. In the outskirts: historic-cultural tourism, sea sporta, boat trips along the coast, trekking and guided excursion on the Etna volcano, winter ski on the Etna, canyoning, thermal baths, eno-gastronomic tours, golf course at 40km, outdoors and indoors swimming pool in Acireale spa at 5km. The area is celebrated for its typical wines and oils, for its sweets and cakes, ice creams, crushed ice drinks, almond paste fruits. We have agreements with restaurants in the neighbourhood and are ready to give advice for all you wishes of tourist/gastronomic type.