Bimmisca Cottage

Noto is the set piece of Sicilian baroque — a whole town rebuilt in honey-coloured limestone after 1693 and listed by UNESCO, best seen in late afternoon when the stone turns gold. The countryside around it is dry, low and agricultural, and this cottage sits out in it rather than in the town. Two guests, one open sleeping space, with a pool, a jacuzzi, a terrace, parking and air conditioning. At $169 it is priced for the privacy; what you are buying is a place with no neighbours in sight, twenty minutes from one of the most beautiful towns in Italy. A car is not optional here.