TERRITORY

The farmhouse is located in Frigintini, hamlet with an agricultural vocation, near Modica.
For its particular geographical position, it is a real crossroads for every itinerary: from cultural to culinary and seaside tourism.
In fifteen minutes you can get to Modica, famous for its splendid baroque style and some important monuments, including the Cathedrals of Saint George and Saint Peter, which are parts of the Unesco World Heritage.
From Modica, it is possible to reach the other two pearls of Sicilian baroque in just ten minutes: Ragusa Ibla and Scicli, with their charming and magical atmospheres.
Then there is Noto, easily and quickly reachable from the farmhouse Margione. The visit of Noto is worthy of interest with its Cathedral of S. Nicolò, the symbol of Baroque architecture, rebuilt after the terrible earthquake of 1963 and with its breathtaking historic center.
Only a few kilometers from Noto, there are the towns of Syracuse and Catane.
The whole area is famous not only for its architecture but also because these sites were a set for Commissario Montalbano TV series, successfully broadcast by the Italian television and by differents networks around the world. You can visit the seaside house of the Commissario Montalbano played by Luca Zingaretti in Punta Secca or reach the Donnafugata Castle, with its park, that in many episodes has been the house of Don Balduccio Sinagra.
The tour program can include the neighbor areas of Castelluccio-Steppenosa with the characteristic asphalt mines and Cava d’Ispica, site of prehistoric settlements.
The farmhouse Margione has a strategic position also for seaside tourism.
The most beautiful sandy beaches of the Mediterranean are located at less than thirty minutes from the farmhouse: Marina di Modica, Pozzallo, Marina di Marza, Sampieri, Donnalucata, Cava d’Aliga and Marina di Ragusa.
For a break during your holidays, you visit some prestigious and renowned cake’s shops.
It will be a delight for your palate to taste the chocolate of Modica (availaible in differents flavors to suit the desire of everyone) and special products such as ‘mpanatigghia (a surprising mix of bitter cocoa and meat), the blancmange made up of almonds from Avola and the traditional sicilian granita in different varities.

SURROUNDING AREA
(THE BEAUTY AROUND THE FARMHOUSE MARGIONE)

Entering the courtyard of the farmhouse Margione and admiring the beauty of its surroundings is a journey back in time: there are no signs of modernity and industrialization but the landscape is a hypnotic succession of fields and dry-stone walls.
The landscape seems almost unlimited and you feel peaceful and calm, scanning a glimpse so wide that goes from the traditional countryside to the beach of Noto, Marzamemi, to the Lighthouse that, with its flashes, it is a reference in the quiet nights of Frigintini.
Among to more than two hundred thousands of carobs and olives trees, you can walk the paths or rent a bike for free. You can also penetrate into the forest road and go on towards the fields.
A more impressive path leads to “o Mulinu ri Bancari” (watermill of Bancari). This path offers an impressive view: it is a natural venting of the rock (commonly Known as “u minciuluni ri Natali”) which when it rains furnish vast amount of water and it arrives to join with the main watercourse.
A bit far away, you find the watermill. Unfortunately, the vandals took away the internal parts but the structure is still impressive and touching.
During the fascist regime, farmers with mules and sacks of wheat came here to get flour secretly, otherwise, they were forced to grant part of its to the Italian state (the so called “sistema degli ammassi”).