AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA "CASA DEGLI ANGELI"
Owner: Crispino Testa
Address: C.da Angeli -
Caltagirone CT
Tel.: +39 0933 25317 Fax: 095 442025
The Site

'Casa degli Angeli' homestead, 350 m a.s.l., is located in a valley full of olive trees, orange trees and vineyards. In it is an excellent starting point to explore a very interesting part of Sicily. This 12 ha homestead produces a pleasant red wine, olive oil, oranges, vegetables and fruit.
How to Get There:


By car, from the Catania-Gela expressway exit at the Caltagirone junction and follow SP 29 provincial road to Niscemi for 8.5 km. The Ast-Sitas bus stops outside the homestead. Caltagirone railway station is 8.5 km, Catania Fontanarossa airport is 70 km away.
Accomodation:


Guests are put up in a recently restored 19`" century house; there are 4 rooms available with ensuite bathrooms, all furnished with period pieces, sleeping 11 in total. The homestead is open all year round, no minimum stay. Campers and caravans are allowed as long as you dine in the restaurant.
Sport & Activities:


The homestead has a bowls ground and a playground. One can go mountain biking. There is a horse riding centre and other sports facilities 15 km away.

The Cuisine:

'Casa degli Angeli' serves simple tasty dishes, prepared according to ancient recipes. Ravioli filled spinach and ricotta, tagliatelle with pork ragout sauce, pennette 'alla rustica', pasta with grated toasted bread and wild fennel, pasta 'alla norma', beans and pigskin, rabbit with peppers, baked lamb and, for dessert, `cassatelle' with sweet ricotta and granny's cream, all washed down with an exquisite home made limoncello liqueur.

What to See:

Fornaturel overs, the S. Pietro forest is some 10 km away. At the same distance there is magnificent Caltagirone, the capital of majolica ceramics where on July 24" - 25" a festival has been held since 1800, which strikingly illuminates the ceramic steps of Scala del Monte with flaming multicoloured paper cones. The Villa del Casale of Piazza Armerina and Palazzolo Acreide are 50 km away. Branching in a different direction, a little bit further, one can visit wonderful Ibla, the ancient part of Ragusa, and Modica.