Many Palermo residents, seeking to escape the city’s chaos, developed part of the Piana dei Colli, creating groups of villas that took the name Villa Scalea.
Among them is 19/12, a self-contained, independent villa, separate from the other properties in the development. Offering spacious indoor and outdoor areas, it is located midway between Mondello (a five-minute drive) and Sferracavallo, with its crystal-clear sea, and just a few hundred metres from the Conca d’Oro shopping centre, motorway junctions and San Lorenzo Mercato—an area in an old baglio where visitors can eat, have a drink, listen to music and buy high-quality local products.
Surrounded on one side by the hills around Palermo and on the other by what Goethe called “the most beautiful promontory in the world”—Mount Pellegrino, with its picturesque Utveggio Castle and the evocative cave of Saint Rosalia, the city’s patron saint—this villa is ideally located for trips to the seaside (in Palermo, the sea can be enjoyed in any season thanks to its particularly mild climate), mountain walks or hikes through the woods of Mount Pellegrino or the nearby Favorita Park, and visits to the city centre to discover its outstanding artistic and architectural treasures.
The villa is situated in a very peaceful area, yet close to public transport, making the city centre easy to reach.