A sophisticated vacation apartment in Palermo’s ultra-fashionable Libertà district, Casa Markiz occupies the second floor of a historic ‘palazzo’ townhouse. The tree-lined street on which it stands is just four blocks from the beautiful greenery of the Villa Trabia park, and five minutes away in the other direction the fabulous Politeama theatre marks the start of the old town centre.

From the world class fashion houses of Via Libertà to the teeming energy of the markets, everything Palermo has to offer can be reached on foot from this perfectly located starting point.

The apartment opens into a hallway, off which you will first come to a cheery double bedroom with a large window overlooking the internal courtyard. Next is the bathroom with its spacious walk-in shower, and then the fully equipped kitchen.

The living room is another ornate space, with a frescoed ceiling and antique floor. A lovely wooden dining suite seats four, and a comfy sofa and Smart TV complete the picture. Off this is a second double bedroom with an elegantly decorated floor and ceiling. This is beautifully bright and airy thanks to windows on two sides.

Casa Markiz is fitted with state of the art heat pump air conditioners that provide both cooling and heating.

Palermo – The most exciting city in Italy

“Palermo is noisy and chaotic!” they say. Is that a fact? Maybe it is right next to the motorway, but who wants to take a holiday there!? Certainly not our guests, who can choose from a range of luxury and well soundproofed apartments in the very centre of town.

Amongst European cities of its size, nowhere is a trendier pick for a city break or culture-filled getaway than Palermo. As the city sheds the old cliches of the twentieth century, travellers are thronging to the four historic neighbourhoods that make up its old town, its leafy boulevards and buzzing piazzas, and the newly-pedestrianised thoroughfares that are its main arteries.

The old town district of La Loggia even has its own marina, known as La Cala:

We can’t believe any city in Italy has changed more than Palermo over the past 20 years, so if you’re still picturing the old cliches of crime and chaos, you’ve got to come and see for yourself what everyone’s talking about.

Palermo is the perfect base for a winter holiday in Sicily. The summer tourists thin out noticeably by mid-October, but the weather is still glorious right up to Christmas. Even in January, the sun shines here for an average of four hours a day. Beat the crowds and discover the real Palermo with a winter getaway in the Mediterranean.