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Stay a while in historic Palazzo Notar Nicchi in an ancient village high in the Madonie Mountains. The Sant'Orsola Apartment is on the ground floor.

The Sicilian House is a travel website that offers accommodation and tailored travel consultations to Sicily, Italy as well as a travel blog for those needing mini escapes! Holiday in Sicily in a unique Sicilian palazzo- staying in Palazzo Notar Nicchi in the heart of the ancient stone village Polizzi Generosa high in the mountains and 35 minutes from the beach is for the independent enquiring tra

veller. Palazzo Notar Nicchi can be rented as an entire house or can be rented at 2 separate apartments. The restoration enabled the Palazzo to be configured into two unique and independent apartments as well, without compromising the integrity of the building as an entire house or the privacy of each apartment. The Garibaldi Apartment is over the 2nd and 3rd floors. The Sicilian House also specialises in travel consultations. Suzanne has been travelling to Sicily for over 16 years and can help create your Sicilian sojourn. She also blogs weekly on The Sicilian House blog sharing stories and recommendations on all things Sicily. Subscribe to the blog for the weekly newsletter!

12/05/2026

Glorious spring colours in the Madonie Mountains.

The purple of the cyclamen, the delicate pink of the asfodelo and the bold yellow of the tall ferla.

Spring in the Madonie Mountains is a wonderful time to visit and stay a while

Photography by

08/04/2026

Good Friday procession, Polizzi Generosa 2019…tradition and reverence.

A note:
This year’s Good Friday procession was cancelled due to rain. The sacred rite though was held in the 18th century abbey Santa Maria delle Grazie situated on via Carlo V where the statue of the weeping Madonna is housed. 🙏 Maria Culletta

12/01/2026

Winter in Polizzi ❄️

Photos and video by Maria Culletta

11/01/2026

A blanket of white over Polizzi ❄️

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year. We look forward to sharing Polizzi and Sicily with you in 2026.

Photos by Maria Culletta

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23/12/2025

The streets and piazzas of Polizzi strung with Christmas lights and the silence of the winter fog descends.

We are ready for Christmas at Palazzo Notar Nicchi as we welcome guests to stay. Our Christmas wreath hanging on the front door was made by our manager Maria.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas. A time filled with joy, peace and goodwill.

Buon Natale ⭐️

PS My blog writings will resume at the end of January. I look forward to sharing ‘all things Sicily’ in 2026.

Photos by Maria Culletta

04/12/2025

The Sant’Orsola Apartment in Palazzo Notar Nicchi, beautifully captured by for our recent new website ✨

Our Story
In September 2003, Suzanne, her husband Gaetano and youngest daughter, Eugenie left Brisbane Australia with a list of Sicilian towns in search of an old Sicilian house. They fell in love with Polizzi Generosa and bought centuries old Palazzo Notar Nicchi. It was almost in total ruin and over the course of the next 8 years, undertook a passion-filled restoration of the house.

To be continued…

10/11/2025

Outside Polizzi in the Madonie, Sicily

23/09/2025

The second solemn procession of the 705th Festival of San Gandolfo, on the evening of Sunday September 21st.

Veneration and the carrying of the exquisite silver bust through the medieval streets of Polizzi Generosa. The bust is an intricate Gaginian work of art depicting San Gandolfo. It contains sacred relics.

The festival is sacred and filled with utmost devotion and tradition.

Photography by

22/09/2025

Saturday 20th September, the first procession of the feast of San Gandolfo, Polizzi Generosa’s patron saint.

The humble wooden statue of San Gandolfo is carried, with devotion, through the village streets from his hermitage outside Polizzi to the village’s main church…Santa Maria Maggiore.

The Feast of San Gandolfo is a three day celebration - fervent, solemn and much loved.

Photography by

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