Scalunnata Villa – Up to 7 people

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“A’Scalunata” has characteristics typical of an old residential house filicudara type “master”, the Landscape Planning and Territorial identifies the island, along with a few others, such as building with art-historical character of particular value, subject a system of conservation and protection. It takes its name from the impressive staircase to the main terrace, is a stone staircase that unfolds with curved fan, descending from the old town pedestrian street toward the house.

The house is within walking distance from the car in a square where the carriage road has its end point. From the square you reach the entrance to the house about fifty yards down on the quaint old town pedestrian street. The sea can be reached by car or on foot at a time of 15 minutes in both cases. The footpath along the old trail is particularly attractive for the views it offers and for its healthy development easy steps immersed in the colors and scents of the island.

The large terrace (bagghiu) bordered by traditional bench (bisuolo) and columns (Pulere) masonry running along the entire facade of the house and on both sides, it reaches out free in the green countryside with panoramic views towards the sea Stimpagnato peak. The terrace, shaded by pagliarelle cane in Sicily, offering quiet corners to rest constantly attended by a pleasant breeze, aided by exposure to the southwest filicudari suggested by the ancient wisdom of the masters, but also points “solarium” reserved and protected.

The House has three main rooms online, a kitchen and a large bathroom, all rooms overlooking the main terrace which is also the natural connection element, as originally conceived as the epicenter of life and daytime activities.

The main rooms have the typical size of filicudaro classic architectural form: 5.40 x 5.40 x 4.30 meters and also from communicating via high double doors in chestnut. Each room is furnished with a double bed, single bed with the possibility of adding another, dresser, bedside tables, wardrobe, table, all the furniture is old and largely hand-crafted Sicilian. Each room also has a small window placed near the floor that, because of the height of the ceilings, creates a perfect and a natural circulation of air conditioning of the premises. Contribute to maintaining a physiological temperature constant even the massive stone walls plastered that are the backbone of the house, as well as the evocative slabs on beams made of chestnut barrels with room plastered and terraced roof bar at the bottom on cobbled stone porous volcanic perfect insulator. The room also communicates with the inside bathroom, main room originally designed as “public” of the house has a floor covered with precious tiles from Santo Stefano di Camastra traditional floral pattern.

The pottery of Santo Stefano di Camastra, Sicily coast resort located right at the island of Filicudi and famous since ancient times for the handicraft production of ceramic material constituted the most prized and coveted by filicudari to decorate at least one representation room . Paving materials poor but of good appearance were colored concrete tiles with geometric patterns or single fund and the rough brick, the other two rooms in the house are paved with this material. The fully equipped kitchen with modern appliances, also houses an antique wood-burning oven for bread made with stone fireplace and a vaulted roof which is a real monument to the skill of ancient building filicudari and a testimony of everyday life lived in these houses.

The floor of the terrace is still the traditional one original, the bottom bar and “oxidized” over time which gives a special rustic look that combines well with yellow occra facade. Hallmark of the old houses FILICUDI compared to the other islands, was the color of the facade and decoration with bands in relief with a different color than the bottom, the traditional colors used for the facades were more than the basic, achievable with land natural and lime: occra yellow, red brick, rust pyroclastic volcanic, pink, blue, natural white. The terrace is accessed through wrought iron gates, the surrounding lands, belonging to the house, filled with flowers, citrus, grapes, capers, figs, herbs typical of the island.

Although preservation of tradition, the house has everything you need for a comfortable stay, including features hot and cold water in abundance, independent of outside supplies, available from a vast reservoir of rainwater collected from roofs in the tank located below the terrace.

Completing the structure of the house still some underground rooms used as warehouses and agricultural laboratories, in one of these is the ancient stone millstone for crushing and pressing grapes and grape harvesting.

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