{The golfing} expertise at Picciolo Etna Golf Resort & SPA in Sicily is ready to succeed in new heights this summer season following a variety of course enhancements and the opening of the renovated resort and spa as a part of an €18 million funding within the venue.
The resort joined the Hilton portfolio as a part of the Curio Assortment by Hilton model following the intensive renovations.
A variety of upgrades have been made to the resort’s 18-hole championship course, together with an entire renovation of all the bunkers and tee containers, additional enhancing the dramatic par-72 format, which first opened in 1989 and was designed by Luigi Rota Caremoli.
Characterised by tight fairways, thrilling elevation modifications and beautiful views of the encompassing countryside, together with the majestic Mount Etna, Picciolo is the oldest course in Sicily. A daily tour cease, it hosted 4 occasions on the Women European Tour between 1995 and 2011, and Sicilian Seniors Open in 2010. It addition to the excellent golf course, Picciolo additionally boasts a driving vary, two chipping and bunker areas, and a observe placing inexperienced.
The spacious clubhouse boasts a shocking terrace and is the right spot to take pleasure in lunch served from Il Palmento restaurant with à la carte Sicilian specialities akin to (pasta with aubergine, tomato sauce and salted ricotta) or Caponata (pasta cooked with sardines, fennel, pine kernels and sultanas).
The Picciolo expertise doesn’t cease when golfers step off the 18th inexperienced, with 100 ensuite rooms set in an historic manor and superb eating awaiting at La Ghiandaia restaurant within the evenings. A complete line-up of leisure facilities consists of two outside swimming pools, full with solar loungers and snugs, and a bar for snacks or a sundown aperitif. For indoor leisure, the spa centre gives a heated pool with hydromassage, sauna and steam room. The citrus fruits of Sicily are key components for visitors to expertise by way of spa choices, included into remedies and massages. Sicilian-born brothers Andrea and Francesco Scrofani and Mario Paoluzi, house owners at Picciolo Etna Golf Resort & SPA, commented: “Picciolo is proud to supply visitors a very particular expertise with our spectacular and extremely distinctive golf course at its coronary heart. On account of our renovations we now have first-class amenities to match our native gastronomic delights and cultural excursions towards the backdrop of Mount Etna. That is an thrilling time for the resort following the intensive refurbishment and we’re excited to accomplice with the Curio Assortment by Hilton model to carry a contemporary, new providing to our visitors.”
B&B charges at Picciolo Etna Golf Resort begin from €200 per night time, based mostly on two individuals staying in a king room. For extra data go to tales.hilton.com.