Agriturismo Monaco di Mezzo

Contrada Monaco di Mezzo, 90027 Petralia Sottana (Palermo)

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In brief

  • Type: Bedroom (2), Flat (3),
  • Guests: 20
  • Map: Hills
  • Type of accommodation: Room only, Half board, Full board, Bed & Breakfast

The agriturismo

Agriturismo located in Petralia Sottana, Sicily. The farm is equipped with a variety of self-contained apartments, a restaurant and community area, a swimming pool, all of which are harmoniously in keeping with the surroundings.

The accommodation

For centuries Monaco di Mezzo has been the central point of the Monaco feudal estates, estates which are so extensive that they were divided into three hamlets: Monaco di Sopra (Upper Monaco), Monaco di Mezzo (Middle Monaco) and Monaco di Sotto (Lower Monaco) with their own large farms which were linked by tracks. The only church was at Monaco di Mezzo and all the people from the feudal estates worshipped there.

The farm and hamlet of Monaco di Mezzo nestles in a valley which is good for cultivating hard wheat. Until a few decades ago the farm buildings were surrounded by stone huts with thatched roofs in which the farm workers families lived in the winter months. The structure was that of a single large estate which, given the poor earning capacity of the land and the extensive area of land necessary to economic survival, was the most rational answer to the difficulties. Wheat and sheep were and are the principal sources of the estate's income, while olive and wine production only suffice local needs.
The Monaco estate, a charitable bequest to the Church from Baron Agliata of Petralia Sottana, was sold by the Church Land Commissioners to Baron Michele Pottino in 1865 and, today, it is part of the estates of Marchesi Pottino. Alongside traditional cereal, sheep and horse farming there is now agri-tourism.

The farm is equipped with a variety of self-contained apartments, a restaurant and community area all of which are harmoniously in keeping with the surroundings.
The warmth of timber and local stone frame the spectacular views from this natural haven of rest, without a sign of human pollution but with the perpetual beauty of the seasonally changing colours.

Many sports facilities are available, swimming-pool, ranging from horse-riding to paras-gliding; there is the nearby Madonie National Park and Nature Conservation Area with its history and art; there are local wines, olive oil, cheeses, preserves, home-cured meats and home-reared beef to taste - all things to make a stay varied and enjoyable.
There is no lack of good food: pasta with broad beans, lentil soup, pasta with stewed pork, pasta with wild local mushrooms and cottage cheese, barbecued home reared meat, roast suckling pig, boiled lamb, wild asparagus with scrambled eggs, local cheese and cured meats, freshly picked fruit and vegetables guarantee good eating.
However, it is not enough to eat well, it is also necessary to eat healthily and at Monaco di Mezzo the meat, cheese, oil, fruit and vegetables are guaranteed to have been produced absolutely naturally, without the use of chemicals in either their production or their preservation. Monaco di Mezzo is ideal for a weekend away which breaks the grey reality of the city with an explosion of nature.

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