The kitchen can be found on the top-floor of the building. This is a Sicilian tradition. You can admire the magnificent panorama while doing the washing up. It is an inviting environment for both cooking and conversations. Besides the fridge and the four-burner stove there is also an old but fully functioning pizza stove. As the legend says, not only the best pizza of Gangi was made here, but locals came here to bake their daily bread. In case you are not keen on carrying your daily shopping three-storeys high, you can also use the pulley attached to the outer wall of the house.
You can do your shopping in many ways, but the most convenient is to catch a street vendor and buy your fruit or vegetables, or pop in to the local bakery. Clean bedsheets, towels, dish towels, cleaning equipments, toilet-paper are included in the price.
Bellagangi Art House is a three-minute walk from the main attraction of Gangi, the San Nicolo di Bari Church, the centre of Gangi’s cultural life. The town hall, the main street, the best butcher and baker, confectionary store, coffee bar, and an exceptionally good restaurant, the Santa Anna Besides Sicilian specialities you can consume here the best thin-crust pizza for as little as 4 Euros.
If you want to see more of Sicily than crowded tourist-destinations can offer, if you want to experience the Italian Lifestyle, Bellagangi Art House is for you. People here are friendly and kind. They live a traditional life. It is not all about the money here. They enjoy life, celebrate every important event and anniversary, traditionally loudly and cheerfully. There is a festival for every week, or during the summer, every day.
Bellagangi Art house is the perfect place to relax and renew for two couples or for a small company of friends as well as for a family. Gangi and its surrounding areas will be a great experience for gastronomy-lovers. Gangi is not recommended for people with physical disabilities and for basketball players.
Top 7 places to visit in Gangi:
- Mount Marone mansion, built during the XIV. century
- Palazzo Sgadari and Palazzo Bongiorno, mansions of the local noble families
- Church of San Nicolo di Bari
- Sanctuary of Spirito Santo
- Abbey of Gangivecchio
- Church of San Giuseppe dei Ricchi (San Paolo)
- Santa Maria del Gesu Paris Church
Nearest Natural Park:
Parco delle Madonie is the home of several highly protected plants, wild animals and bird species. You can do ski and also cross-country skiing in the winter (ski lift in operation).
Nearest Beach:
Castel di Tusa (50km)
Top places to visit in Sicily:
Cefalu - 60 km
Piazza Armerina - Villa Romana del Casale (100 km)
Enna city (70 km)
Caltagirone - city of pottery (130 km)
Etna (180 km)
Palermo (110 km)
Catania (110 km)