ACCOMMODATION

Sicily Artist Retreats is proud to partner with boutique hotels and resorts in the countryside around our studio. We choose each workshop’s hotel based on a number of factors, including group size and time of year. All of our partners offer transportation to and from the studio, top-of-the-line rooms and amenities, restaurants, and warm, attentive professional staff.

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One of our longest partnerships is with Baglio Custera, a boutique resort in the heart of Marsala’s countryside, built on ancient lines, those of the "Baglio," or farmhouse. This modern resort stands on the Rakalia hill, the site of an ancient shrine to Hercules, surrounded by olive and orange groves and boasts incredible views of the Sicilian sunsets overlooking Favignana island.

All rooms are fully airconditioned and equipped with WiFi, modern bathrooms with walk-in shower, and large king-size beds with hypoallergenic sheets, pillows, and mattresses.

Baglio Custera's world-class chef will stun you with his creative dishes making use of all fresh and local produce, much of which is grown in the surrounding gardens. With notice, the hotel is able to cater to all dietary requirements.​

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Our newest partner, Baitan, is a boutique hotel along the water in the historic Contrada Spagnola, just down the road from our studio.  Baitan is one of the newest boutique resorts in Marsala. Family-owned, it prides itself on its warm, attentive service, as well as its spa, cocktail bar, wine cellar, and restaurant. (No Sicilian hotel worth its salt has anything less than an exquisite restaurant!)

We also like Baitan’s respect for tradition: the architecture is Sicilian vernacular, like the centuries-old building around it, and the name itself comes from Marsala’s ancient Greek name, Lilybaitan. If you have free time during your workshop, and crave something more active than an Aperol spritz by the water, Baitan’s staff will be happy to arrange a kitesurf lesson or a guided horseback ride for you.

You’ll be right on Marsala’s new scenic bikepath, which takes you past the salt flats and vineyards of the Stagnone lagoon to the Bay of the Phoenicians, where cactus grows half in the water and half on the rocks, and violets and pine needles line the asphalt. Take a sketchpad in your backpack!

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Accommodation, most meals, and ground transport are included in our Workshop Retreats.

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