Verdura Resort, a Rocco Forte Hotel
Strada Statale 115, Sciacca, Italy
Location
Sicily's south coast
On the southwest coast of Sicily near Sciacca, between Agrigento's Valley of the Temples and Selinunte, on a two-hundred-and-thirty-hectare estate with around two kilometres of private beach.
Transfer
A Palermo transfer
Around eighty minutes from Palermo airport, or around three hours from Catania, set on a vast coastal estate near Sciacca.
Villas
203 rooms, suites & villas
203 rooms, suites and three- to four-bedroom villas in Olga Polizzi interiors of Sicilian terracottas and ochres, with sea-view balconies and terraces; the villas add private pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Families drawn by the number-one resort in Sicily, golfers, spa-goers, couples and groups wanting the active beach, golf and culture combination — with two championship courses, a four-thousand-square-metre spa and two kilometres of beach.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast, with breakfast, the spa, the beach, the golf range and bicycles included, and eight restaurants from Sicilian to Japanese.
About the Resort
A Sicilian golf, spa and beach family resort
Verdura Resort is Rocco Forte's full-scale Sicilian flagship — a two-hundred-and-thirty-hectare golf, spa and beach estate on Sicily's southwest coast and the number-one family resort on the island. Two championship links-by-the-sea golf courses and a nine-hole par-three draw golfers, a four-thousand-square-metre spa with four outdoor thalassotherapy pools draws spa-goers, and around two kilometres of private beach, a sixty-metre infinity pool and a four-hundred-and-fifty-square-metre kids' club to age sixteen make it a natural multi-generational base. Its 203 rooms, suites and villas wear Olga Polizzi interiors of Sicilian terracottas and ochres, with sea-view balconies and terraces and private pools on the villas. Eight restaurants run from Sicilian to Japanese under chef Fulvio Pierangelini, with an organic farm behind them, and bed-and-breakfast includes breakfast, the spa, the beach, the golf range and bicycles. The setting is deep Sicily: the Greek temples of Agrigento's Valley of the Temples and the ruins of Selinunte sit on the doorstep, with the town of Sciacca and the wider island beyond. It is the active beach, golf and culture resort.
Accommodation
Rooms, suites & villas
203 rooms, suites and three- to four-bedroom villas wear Olga Polizzi interiors of Sicilian terracottas and ochres, with sea-view balconies and terraces and private pools on the villas. Spread across a two-hundred-and-thirty-hectare estate, they suit families, golfers and groups alike, the sea never far from the terrace and the golf, spa and beach all within the grounds.
Entry
Superior Room
Sleeps two. A king of around 40 square metres with a balcony and sea or garden view, over the Mediterranean.
~40 sqmMediterranean outlook
Sea view
Junior Suite Sea View
Sleeps two to three. A larger king with a private terrace, over the sea.
Private terraceSea outlook
Suite
Forte Suite
Sleeps two to four. A king with indoor and outdoor living and sea views.
Indoor-outdoorSea outlook
Villa
Villa
Sleeps six to nine. A three- to four-bedroom villa with a private pool, over the Mediterranean and countryside.
Private poolThree to four-bedroom
Food & Drink
Dining
Eight restaurants run from the Sicilian cooking of L'Osteria by Fulvio Pierangelini to beachfront Amare, trattoria-and-pizza Liola and a Japanese table, with an organic farm supplying the kitchens. It is generous, varied dining for a full-scale coastal resort, much of it grown on the estate's own organic farm. Pierangelini's eight restaurants run from Sicilian to Japanese, much of the produce grown on the estate's own organic farm.
Signature
L'Osteria
L'Osteria, Sicilian, by Fulvio Pierangelini.
Beach
Amare
Amare, beachfront dining.
Trattoria
Liolà
Liola, trattoria and pizza.
Wellbeing
The Verdura Spa
The four-thousand-square-metre Rocco Forte Spa is Kneipp-inspired, with four outdoor thalassotherapy pools, a hammam and saunas, joined by a sixty-metre infinity pool, around two kilometres of private beach and water sports. Wellness here runs at resort scale, from a thalassotherapy circuit to a long swim by the sea along the estate's two kilometres of coast. The four outdoor thalassotherapy pools, the sixty-metre infinity pool and the two kilometres of private beach make a full day of the wellness.
The Verdura Spa
The Verdura Spa, four thousand square metres.
A 60-metre pool
A sixty-metre pool, and two kilometres of beach.
Two golf courses
Two golf courses, links by the sea.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The golf, the spa and the temples define a stay — play two championship links-by-the-sea courses, work through the four-thousand-square-metre spa, and let the family loose on the two-kilometre beach and the kids' club. The Greek temples of Agrigento and Selinunte sit on the doorstep, with the ceramics town of Sciacca, the temple of Segesta and the wider island beyond, and an organic farm and cooking school on the estate itself. The Greek temples of Agrigento and Selinunte sit on the doorstep, with the temple of Segesta and the ceramics town of Sciacca beyond.
Championship golf
Championship golf, two courses by the sea.
The 4,000 sqm spa
The four-thousand-square-metre spa, thalassotherapy pools.
The private beach
The private beach, two kilometres, with water sports.
The kids' club
The kids' club, Verduland, to age sixteen.
Agrigento & Selinunte
Agrigento and Selinunte, Greek temples nearby.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Palermo
Around eighty minutes from Palermo airport, or around three hours from Catania.
On the coast
Southwest Sicily
On the southwest coast of Sicily near Sciacca, between Agrigento and Selinunte.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Verdura Resort, a Rocco Forte Hotel. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast, with spa, beach and golf range included.
Made for families
- Made for families, golfers and spa-goers.
On the coast
- On the coast, two kilometres of private beach.
Getting there
- Around eighty minutes from Palermo.
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