Huis te koop - Mistretta (Italië)

Casa Mariolina - MistrettaA magical place to get away from your cares and spend time in nature, Casa Mariolina is a one-storey cottage on an acre of sea-view land in northern Sicily.The wild beauty of the nebrodi parkSicily's largest natural park, the Nebrodi is a vast, mountainous region whose lower hills are characterised by leafy green hillsides and a quiet, unspoilt natural beauty. The estate on which Casa Mariolina has been built is a perfect embodiment of this, with sixty olive trees and all manner of wild fruits overlooking a deep valley, with views stretching as far as the Tyrrhenian Sea, ten kilometres to the north.It's a beautiful and fabulously relaxing spot to unwind and get back in touch with your friends and family. Everything is geared towards the social experience, with an open plan cottage, a deep covered veranda and an outdoor kitchen that would be a dream come true for any ambitious chef.A delight for any chefOn a terrace slightly above the main house, back along the driveway towards the main road, a huge area has been flattened, paved with terracotta tiles, and enclosed with a handrail. Here you find the incredible outdoor kitchen, with a barbecue grill, twin wood-fired ovens and a deep vat above a fourth fireplace. Two large chimneys transport the smoke above the tiled wooden canopy overhead. There is also a sink, fridge and worktop. Absolutely everything you need to prepare a rustic feast.Outside the cottage, on the veranda, are a pair of long dining tables, and indoors are two more. You could easily feed twenty or more people at once, a testament to the role that communal living - and above all communal eating – have always played in the life of Casa Mariolina. Of course, there is also an indoor kitchen space to rustle up a simpler snack. But if you love nature and you love to entertain, this cottage in the hills would make an unbeatable place to combine the two.A versatile indoor spaceThe open plan cottage consists of a single large room, with a lounge area that becomes a bedroom with the use of a sofa bed, a dining space in the middle and a kitchen at the far end. Two separate entrances would allow you to create a proper bedroom if you wanted to. The bathroom has a shower and is neatly finished with a clean white tile.Completing the estate, which spans three parcels of land, is a storeroom for all of the equipment necessary to maintain the land and its trees. The property is sold as seen in our photos and video, including all fixtures and furniture.For a full description of the property please visit our website Meer weten?

Casa Anna - MistrettaIn a 1.4 hectare estate on the lower slopes of a beautiful green valley, Casa Anna is found just seven kilometres inland, twenty minutes outside the town of Mistretta in the Nebrodi Park.Three-bedroom Property with Ample Space Indoors and OutThe two-storey main house is 140m2 in size, with three bedrooms and a family bathroom upstairs, and a single open plan space on the ground floor. Three balconies give perfect panoramas of the surrounding countryside.The downstairs living room has an open fireplace, and all the space you could need for any family activity. To the rear of the house is an outdoor kitchen, sheltered by a wooden canopy, which includes both a traditional fixed oven and a more modern free-standing one. The large dining table is a magical place to enjoy meals in the summer.Huge rustic outbuilding to renovateTo the rear of the main house is a huge 140m2 outbuilding divided into two units, each with a separate entrance. The larger is in better condition, with a fixed oven and an exposed wooden ceiling. Behind this is a stone room that needs to be completely restored before use.The first room, next to the outdoor kitchen, contains an old-fashioned wine press that is included with the sale, as well as all kinds of equipment that can be used to help tend the estate and harvest its fruit. In fact, everything you see in our photos and virtual tour is included - there is even a tractor!Peace and Seclusion with Sensational Hillside ViewsThis corner of the island offers the possibility to completely disconnect from modern life. It has a private water supply from both a well and a nearby spring and it would be very possible to install solar panels to give you energy independence too. The olive grove contains about 250 mature trees, and there is also a huge array of fruit trees and more than enough space to grow your own vegetables.It's an area where a car is essential, but the town of Mistretta is only twenty minutes' drive up the road. To the north is Santo Stefano di Camastra, and there are plenty of wonderful beaches within an hour's radius, none more spectacular than the golden sandy seafront of Cefalù to the west. With the green slopes of Sicily's largest natural park to explore above you and the pristine waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea below, it's a magnificent spot for lovers of the great outdoors.For a full description of the property please visit our website Meer weten?