Mario Spiteri, aged 46, a Maltese certified public accountant with over 20 years experience within the Malta financial and investment services sector. Mario has been familiar with Sicily for the past twenty years and has been specialising in property in South East Sicily for the past four years.

Ingegnere Giovan Battista Palma, aged 56, who heads one of Ragusa`s top architectural studios. Giovanni has been involved in a large number of residential, commercial, touristic, industrial and infrastructural projects in the province of Ragusa for the past thirty years.

 

Why Sicily?

Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km² and currently has five million inhabitants. It is also the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Floating off the toe of the Italian mainland, the island of Sicily is noticeably distinct from the rest of Italy. This is where Europe starts to take on a flavour of Greece, even of north Africa. It’s not just the sometimes blisteringly hot weather – the unique history of Sicily, much invaded and an ancient centre of ‘Magna Graecia’, has given it a unique, hybrid culture. Sicily also has its own language, a close cousin of Italian, but with Greek and other influences. It’s the first language of the island, though you’ll find standard Italian (and indeed English) spoken in shops and hotels.