What the press says about Think Sicily

What the press says about Sicily

Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Awards 2011


"Your favourite villa rental company in the world is Think Sicily, and you put some very favourable comments in its guestbook. Never scoring less than 82, it sealed the deal with top marks for range of villas and presentation of villas."

September 2011

Travel + Leisure, Best Villa Rental Agencies


"Think Sicily - Best for: exclusives, regional expertise... The group’s listings are pure fantasy, and Think Sicily’s strict standards ensure every villa is up to snuff... Standout: Don Arcangelo all’Olmo..."

April 2010

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 Awards

Winner - Conde Nast Readers’ Awards, Best Villa Company 2011

Runner up - Sunday Times Magazine Readers’ Awards 2010 and Best Welcome for a Villa Company 2011

Top Ten – Harper’s Bazaar Best Private Villa Experts 2011

Best Villa Rental Agencies 2010 - Travel+Leisure

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  • 2011

    Harper's Bazaar
    The best private villa experts (Jan 2012)

  • The Sunday Times
    Readers' Awards 2011, Best welcome: Think Sicily (Jan 2012)

  • FT How to Spend It
    The smooth guide: Syracuse, featuring Archimede (October)

  • Harper's Bazaar
    The perfect weekend: Palazzo Hedoné

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Ask the expert (9 Oct.)

  • Condé Nast Traveller
    Readers' Awards 2011: Think Sicily Best Villa Company (September)

  • The Sunday Times
    Travel Planner 2011-2012, featuring Casa di Pietra (25 September)

  • Condé Nast Traveller
    The Aeolian Islands feat. Belquis House (August)

  • The Financial Times
    Secret Islands: Favignana, feat. Zu Nillu (31 Jul.)

  • BA High Life
    The 25 best island holidays in the Med, feat. Casa delle Sirene (July)

  • The Sunday Times
    La Casa Nostra: the pick of villas in Italy, feat. Crossing the Rock (May)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    An expert's view of Sicily (7 May)

  • The Sunday Times
    Nope, still noone here, feat. I Lentischi (17 April)

  • The Times
    There's more to these villas than great pool, feat. Palazzo Hedoné (2 April)

  • The Sunday Times
    The great European villa hunt, feat. Le Corti di Cannamara  (11 March)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Sicily: a new dawn (8 Jan.)

  • 2010

    BA High Life
    The best places to rent, featuring L'Olivastro (Dec.)

  • The Times
    Last-minute sun for half-term, featuring our villas in Cefalú (25 Sept.)

  • Marie Clare
    Balade Baroque à la pointe de l'ile (September)

  • The Times
    Superstar appeal of Sicily's Pantelleria Island, featuring Dammuso Roccavento (21 August)

  • The Sunday Times
    September sun, the perfect month for the Med, feat. Al Jafar (8 Aug)

  • The Independent
    School holiday special, feat. Il Gabbiano (25 July)

  • Daily Mail Online
    Finding a feast in Sicily, feat. Principato (22 July)

  • The Guardian
    Winning the green vote on Filicudi, feat. Belquis House (25 June)

  • The Times
    The 20 best villas by the sea, feat. Il Gabbiano (12 June)

  • Gioia
    The top villa rentals in Italy, feat. Casa delle Sirene (14 May)

  • Travel + Leisure
    17 All-Star Villa Agencies, feat. Think Sicily (April)

  • Daily Mail Online
    15 fabulous family holidays: best beach house, feat. Villa Principe di Lumia (20 March)

  • The Times
    Top 50 child-free holidays, feat. Poggio Pigio (6 March)

  • Condé Nast Traveller
    Best beach villas in the world, feat. Al Plemmirio (February)

  • The Times
    The best out-of-season European breaks, feat. La Corte (31 January)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Beach holidays, an insider's guide to Italy, feat. Baia de Turchi et al (25 January)

  • 2009

    Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Awards, Sicily voted best destination, Think Sicily in Top 10 (September)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Mount Etna, where to watch the fireworks, feat. Don Arcangelo all'Olmo, Il Palmento dei Castagni and Badia (5 September)

  • The Guardian
    Autumn in the Med, feat. La Mora (23 August)

  • The Independent
    Travel Challenge, feat. La Riva (23 July)

  • Food and Travel
    Gourmet Traveller's Guide to Palermo arranged by  Think Sicily (June)

  • SAS in-flight magazine
    Feat. Baia dei Turchi (May)

  • FOCUS
    Think Sicily: Specialistes des vacances de reve en Sicilie (May-June)

  • Le Figaro
    Val di Noto: Petite fugue en Baroque majeur, feat. Archimede (April)

  • Dove
    11 Think Sicily properties featured in Italy's premiere travel magazine (March)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Salina: the great Slow Food caper, feat. Think Sicily (9 March)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Italy: an insider's guide, feat. Think Sicily (22 Feb.)

  • The Guardian
    Mum, can we move here? feat. La Mora (21 Feb.)

  • 2008

    Daily Mail Online
    In a precious setting, feat. Villa Principe di Lumia (19 November)

  • Condé Nast Traveller
    The Best of Sicily, feat. Think Sicily and Don Arcangelo all'Olmo as "the best villa" (August)

  • Time Out
    City confidential: Catania, feat. Il Palmento dei Castagni (31 July)

  • Atmospheres
    Dejeuner en un jardin sicilien, feat. Don Arcangelo all'Olmo (July-August)

  • The Guardian
    Shine on, feat. Orata (9 August)

  • Interni
    Flavours of Sicily, feat. I Lentischi (May)

  • The Guardian
    Glamorous romantic getaways, feat. Think Sicily (19 January)

  • 2007

    Condé Nast Traveller
    Readers' Awards 2007: Think Sicily has best on-the-ground support of any villa company(Sept.)

  • The Observer
    Letter of the week, feat. Think Sicily (September)

  • The Guardian
    Best for families, feat. Think Sicily (28 April)

  • The Guardian
    Flying visit to Sicily, feat. Think Sicily (24 March)

  • 2006

    Condé Nast Traveller
    The 30 Best Mediterranean Villas, feat. 6 Think Sicily properties, including Don Arcangelo all'Olmo (April)

  • Grazia
    Palermo, feat. Think Sicily (3 April)

  • Psychologies
    Holiday advice letter, recommending Villa Saracena (March)

  • The Sunday Times
    Keep it simple, feat. Aphrodite (22 January)

  • 2005

    Wedding Now
    The Aeolian Islands, feat. Think Sicily (Oct.-Nov.)

  • You and Your Wedding
    Sicily, feat. Think Sicily (Oct.-Nov.)

  • BBC's Olive Magazine
    Food scene, Palermo, feat. Think Sciily (October)

  • The Daily Telegraph
    Last-minute getaways, feat. Al Castello di Carini (23 September)

  • The Observer
    Fast track to the slow life, feat. Villa San Tommaso (11 September)

  • Le Figaro
    Chambres avec vue, feat. Don Arcangelo all'Olmo (3 September)

  • Tatler
    Know your way around the Aeolian Islands, feat. Think Sicily (September)

  • The SundayTelegraph
    N.B. New Boutique, feat. Think Sicily (Summer)

  • The Guardian
    The other side of paradise, feat. Think Sicily (23 July)

  • BBC Good Food
    Wineries and farm stays, feat. Think Sicily (July)

  • Marie Claire
    Book now, feat. Villa Armerina (May)

  • The Observer
    Cinema Paradiso, starring Think Sicily (24 April)

  • The Week
    A villa with a view, feat. Don Arcangelo all'Olmo (26 March)

  • The Sunday Times
    The fashionable people, feat. Think Sicily (9 Jan.)

  • The Independent
    The 5 best luxury hideaways, feat. Think Sicily (8 January)

The best private villa experts

"Property gurus with impeccable taste will help you find the holiday hangout of your dreams... Great service and personal knowledge of the regions..."

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January 2012

Villas in Sicily

Readers' Awards 2011: Best in the World

"Best welcome: Think Sicily... We were greeted in the best way possible, with a bottle of prosecco, local red wine and a picnic of cold meats and olives."

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January 2012

Villas in Sicily

The smooth guide: Syracuse

"A good long-stay apartment in Ortigia is Archimede, a sea-front property with panoramic terrace, rented out by Sicily specialist Think Sicily."

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5 November 2011

Villas near Syracuse

Bazaar's perfect weekend

"Late-summer sun... Palazzo Hedoné is a characterful stone mansion with a quirky collection of garden terraces zigzagging up the rock face..."

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October 2011

Palazzo Hedoné

Ask the expert 


"Think Sicily offers more than 90 exclusively handled properties around the island, including some large properties in the north-west of the island."

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9th October 2011

Villas in Sicily

The Aeolian Islands and Belquis House

"A lacy white hammock swaying gently between wooden posts, thick woven-grass mattresses laid out on a raised terrace, and an air of serenity..."

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August 2011

Aeolian Island villas

The 25 best island holidays in the Med

"Sicily is home to long stretches of white-sand beaches... Where to stay: Casa delle Sirene, a villa right on the beach sleeping four through Think Sicily."

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July 2011

Casa delle Sirene

Secret Islands: Zu Nillu on Favignana

"Stay for a week at Zu Nillu, a villa that sits alone on the rocks above Cala Rossa... One of the most unusual villas anywhere in the Med."

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31st August 2011

Zu Nillu