The central part of the fortified Eremo
was restored keeping strictly as it was in the past, also in it’s
original materials, its ancient pitch stone and limestone floorings and
its furnishings have been maintained.
The type of warm welcome is the one expected for an
old Sicilian countryside residence, with its simple but refined
ceremonial.
It will get you involved by immediately making you
feel at home.
This is also due to the land owners direct management
supported by a caring and professional staff, which guarantees the
guests a discreet familiarity.
The rooms have been converted from the friars' cells, and have
all the comforts:
- telephone
- TV
- air conditioning
- private bathrooms, furnished with old Sicilian style
furniture
- original household goods which make them quite different
from the usual hotel bedrooms.
The Eremo has:
- standard double rooms
- spacious superior rooms
- deluxe rooms
- suites
- .. and stone cottages belonging to the estate.
Standard and Superior
The rooms are all very peculiar and different one from each
other, with the original pitch stone floorings, wrought iron beds and
old furniture; all bathrooms are private and have bath-tub with shower.
Bedrooms, some on the first floor and some others on the main
floor with access for disabled people, look over the aromatic “Hortus”
characterized by a plenty of typical Mediterranean aromatic plants,
centuries-old olive trees, and an old “Arab” fountain.
Corte Araba Deluxe Room
It is on the first floor, with its high vaults and wonderful
pitched pavement. It has a great terrace viewing the “Corte Araba” and
the private garden too. You can also see the uncontaminated countryside
of the Highlands. Its final view is the sea connecting Sicily to the
island of Malta.
Original old furniture, Persian carpets and a big bathroom
with whirlpool overlook the “Corte Araba”.
Alcova Deluxe Room
On the first floor, in the northern part of it, this beautiful
room is characterised by a high wrought iron bed (as originally in
Sicily) staying under the typical “alcova” with barrel-vaults.
The pavement is made with pitch-stone. It has a big bathroom
with whirlpool and a great evergreen terrace overlooking the
“archaeological park” and the “Antiquarium”.
Original old furnishings and oriental carpets characterise
this intimate deluxe room, particularly fit to couples on honey moon.
Suite Grande
It overlooks the stone courtyard dominated by a large palm
tree and it develops on two levels: on the main floor a refined living
room is dominated by a 18thcentury sacristy-vestry.
On the upper floor, to which the main floor is connected
through a staircase with the original 18th-century chestnut wood
balustrade, there are the bedroom and the big bathroom with bathtub.
The ground floor, on request, can be connected to another
double room with toilet. (This Suite is particularly indicated for
families with children).
Frate Nero Suite
It owes its name to the black cross engraved on the white
stoned wall within it and to the black tunic the Malta monk-knights
used to wear.
It is all on the ground floor and it is characterised by thick
stone walls and white stoned pavement.
All its furniture is very antique with original
Modica chests of the XVII century, old Persian carpets, damask
arm-chairs, whirlpool. (High class for a very low cost).
Torre del Canonico Suite
So called because it was used by the owner’s uncle, the
“Canonico” Ignazio Nifosì, Camerlingo at the San Giorgio cathedral in
Ragusa Ibla and renowned scholar of local history and archaeology.
The tower of the XV century consists of three floors. On the
ground-floor there’s a living-room and private utilities. On
the first floor there’s the bedroom with vaults and capitals of the XV
century; it overlooks the private garden and the “Corte Araba”.
From the tower’s terrace you can clearly see the
highlands, the coast and Malta as well.
Suite della Guardia
It’s one of the oldest parts of the Eremo della Giubiliana;
originally it used to be the area of the guards of the San Giovanni
order.
It is all on the ground-floor, with its charming and old white
stoned pavement. It has a very high ceiling with chestnut-wooden beams
and it’s symmetrically divided in two parts by a big stone arch.
A little medieval door leads you to the bathroom overlooking
the garden; it has two pitched sinks and a whirlpool.
The sitting area is characterised by an old stone chimney and
a wonderful sofa of the XVIII century with damask tapestry; big drawers
and chests of the XVII century.
Old oriental carpets and antique furnishings complete this
suite’s charm, making of it one of the most brilliant suites of the
Eremo.
Suite Torre
Settled in the grounds of the ancient sighting tower (XV
century), the oldest part of the Eremo and the most exclusive, it is
made up of two big stone-vaulted rooms dominated by an old fireplace;
the bedroom is restored out of the ancient knights’ dungeon.
The Suite opens to a charming inner courtyard with stone
floorings, and it is furnished with some of the most important pieces,
while in the first hall, the “gun room”, a collection of valuable
ancient weapons is exhibited.
This Suite, on request, can be connected to the Grand Master’s
Suite by an internal staircase.
(Due to the historical importance on the structure, this suite
is penalized with a narrow bathroom with shower only).
Grand Master’s Suite
In 1526 the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John passed by
on taking possession of the islands of Malta.
The summer residence of the Nifosì family since the first half
of the 18th-century, the “Grand Master’s suite” is located on the upper
floor of the oldest part of the Eremo with the entrance through the old
stone staircase; it consists of a lobby, the Grand Master’s
bedroom and a 18th-century-style sitting room with fireplace.
Two balconies hold out on the garden and the private court
with an extraordinary view of the Highlands, the coast and Malta
island.
The Suite is offered to guests with all the original household
goods of the Nifosì family, making it one of the most refined and
exclusive accommodation in the Eremo.