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Area description for Antica Villa Giuliana* Detached 6-8 People*

Type: Villa • Bedrooms: 3 • Sleeps: 8 • Catering: Self-catering

Rates per week: 500.00 €

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In the neighbourhood

Rates & avialability per week

Period	Price
03/03/08 --- 31/05/08	500.00 €
07/06/08 --- 02/08/08	500.00 €
02/08/08 --- 30/08/08	900.00 €
30/08/08 --- 27/09/08	600.00 €
27/09/08 --- 03/01/09	500.00 €

Transfers available on request.

30% deposit at time of booking.
Caution deposit of €200 that will be refunded at end of stay if no damage or breakages.

Reservations & Contacts

Antica Villa Giuliana* Detached 6-8 People*/Ref: 5863
Owner Name	Mrs Gillian Greco
Tel	39 333 7067453
E-mail	Send E-mail
* Please, mention HolidayHomes.ORG

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Portorosa

Portorosa is a planned city initiated in the 1980s and 1990s that offers residences, hotel accommodations, swimming pools, and a large marina (over 600 berths). A large Hilton hotel overlooks the marina. The marina is also surrounded by villas and a shopping area that includes restaurants and stores. Portorosa is an ideal port for embarkation due to its proximity to the Aeolian islands (13 nautical miles to Vulcano, 17 nautical miles to Lipari). Portorosa is 150 km from Catania (2 hours by automobile) and 180 km from Palermo (3 hours by automobile). Tindari is 15 km west of Portorosa.

Messina

Tindari is a cape that sits 10 kilometres east of the city of Patti on the northern coast of Sicily. If you approach Tindari from the east, it looks like a great dragon with small hills rising from the sea and a high peak, which is the dragon's head.
The Greek colony of Tyndaris was founded in 396 B.C. by Dionysius the Elder, a tyrant from Syracuse. Because of its strategic location, it was able to take control of the waters between the Aeolian Islands and Messina, but it was eventually taken over by the Carthaginians and later by the Arabs. Therefore, Tindari's ancient history is one of conquest and defeat and the modern city offers stunning archaeological remains that testify to this history.
If you climb the hills of Tindari you can see the Patti bay and the beaches stretching up to Cape Milazzo. The path to the top of Capo Tindari passes alongside the city's walls, which were built during the reign of Dionysius and later replaced with a double barrier of square stones.
The Christian Sanctuary sits high on the hill in the village. It is famous for its black Madonna statue that draws visitors from afar on the Feast of the Visitation in May and the Nativity on September 8. The Greco-Roman Theatre is just off the Decumanus Superiore, which is the main road in the village. It was built by the Greeks in the late 4th century and its cavea, or auditorium, faces the sea and the Aeolian Islands. In imperial times, it was the stage for gladiator fights. Now, from the last week in July to the third week in August, the theatre hosts the Tindari Festival, at which poetry, music, dances and plays are performed.

Sicily

The Aeolian archipelago is made up of seven islands, whose beauty and characteristics vary from island to island. In order of size, they are: Lipari, Salina, Vulcano, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, Panarea.
The name "Aeolian" derives from Eolo, god of the winds, who, according to Homer, lived here. Since they are merely volcanic islands, the forces of nature, air, water and fire show themselves continuously.
Stromboli is the only active volcano; from its several craters the magma pouring out towards the sea gushes out. Vulcano has been inactive for a very long time; actually the last eruption dates back to 1890 and ever since the volcano has kept a fumarole stage.
Tourists visiting these islands will be fascinated by the natural beauties they offer: a deep blue crystal clear sea, thanks to the seabed rich in "posedonia" sea-weed and a variety of fish; the pebbly and black sandy beaches; enormous rocks emerging from the sea; sea caves to explore and above all the sunsets and the dawns which, with their colours, make everything very striking. In the Aeolian Islands the climate is very mild, typically Mediterranean; the thermometer never goes below 10 degrees C and this allows agreeable stays even off season.