A private villa in the hills above Messina. Ancient groves, the Mandanici mill, volcanic terraces — and a handful of Castruriali experiences woven into every stay.
In the hills above Messina
Where the oil begins — between the grain and the grove.
Castruriali · Village Stays · 2027
Via Contrada Papa 3 · Castroreale (ME) 98053 · Italy
A private villa in Castroreale, surrounded by the same groves our oil comes from. Arrive as a guest and leave knowing this place in the way it can only be known slowly, from inside it.
Option I
Villa Only
The villa, exclusively yours — the groves, the terrace, the Sicilian mornings. Add individual experiences as you wish.
£2,760 / week
Oct–Apr
£2,760
May
£2,880
Jun
£3,120
Jul
£3,600
Aug
£3,840
Sep
£2,880
Exclusive use of the villa
Minimum 3 nights (July & August: 7 nights)
Saturday changeover in peak season
Add individual experiences à la carte
Recommended
Option II
Castruriali Package
The villa with three curated Castruriali experiences built in — the mill tour, the farm and the ancient grain workshop. The complete picture of this place.
£3,300 / week
Oct–Apr
£3,300
May
£3,400
Jun
£3,700
Jul
£4,200
Aug
£4,450
Sep
£3,400
All of Option I
Tour of the Mandanici Mill (2 hrs)
Ancient Grain at the Mill (4 hrs)
Organic Farm Tour & Animal Encounters (2 hrs)
Individual Experiences · Available à la carte
Tour of the Mill
2 hours · Minimum 4 guests · €20 per person
Ancient Grain at the Mill
4 hours · 1 guest · €20 per person
Organic Farm & Animal Encounters
2 hours · Minimum 2 guests · €15 per person
Prices shown per week · Min stay 3 nights (July & August: 7 nights, Saturday changeover)
No payment required. Submit your details and we will confirm availability and contact you within two working days.
1 · Dates & Package
2 · Your Details
— Curated Experiences
The estate, opened to you.
N° 01
Tour of the Mill
Walk the Mandanici mill with the family that has run it for seventy years — the stone wheels, the presses, the story, the craft. During the harvest, in October and November, the mill runs in full flow; by special booking you can witness the first cold press and taste the oil moments after it is drawn.
Half day · Year-round
N° 02
Ancient Grain at the Mill
An afternoon with Sicily's ancient grains. Mill them the old way into flour, then work it by hand into fresh pasta and bread — the techniques of the hills, taught at the mill and carried to the table.
Half day · Hands-on
N° 03
The Castruriali Estate
A walk through the estate above Castroreale — the groves, the terraces and the historic buildings now being lovingly redeveloped. A first glimpse of what Castruriali is becoming, before the world arrives.
2 hours · By arrangement
N° 04
Stay at Castruriali
Reside among the groves in the medieval village of Castroreale. Wake to the terraces, dine on the harvest and let the rhythm of the estate become your own for a few unhurried days.
2–5 nights · Seasonal
N° 05
Sicilian Cooking Class
Cook alongside a Sicilian home cook, the table built around our oil and the produce of the hills. A long lunch follows, poured generously, as every Sicilian table should be.
3 hours · Lunch included
N° 06
Private Tastings
A guided tasting through our cultivars and single-press oils — Nocellara, Cerasuola, Biancolilla and the rare Castricianella — led by our team, in Castroreale or at a venue of your choosing.
90 minutes · Up to 12
By Invitation
N° 07
Bespoke Luxury Experiences
For clients and connoisseurs, we compose entirely private itineraries — intimate weddings among the olive groves, harvest-day immersions, yoga beneath the ancient trees and bespoke bottlings engraved with your name. Tell us what you have in mind and we will quietly arrange what we can.
Tailored · On request
— Friends of Castruriali
Adopt an olive tree.
Across Sicily, millions of olive trees stand abandoned — among them rare and near-extinct varieties like the Castricianella, found almost nowhere else on earth. Friends of Castruriali is our initiative to bring them back to life. Adopt a tree of your own and you restore a piece of this landscape — and gain a living root in Sicily.
As a Friend, you also enjoy a standing discount on our oil — for life — with the code FRIEND15.
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Choose your tree
A single olive tree in the Castroreale hills becomes yours to sponsor for the year.
ii
Tag & trace
Your tree carries a personal QR tag — scan it to follow your sapling's progress, and find it again when you visit.
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Your harvest, boxed
Each season we send a special Castruriali box — a bottle from the harvest, and word of how your tree fares.
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Visit your roots
Every adopter is welcome to visit their tree once the grove opens to Friends. Heritage and Guardian adopters will be invited first.
Sapling
£90 / year
Sponsor one young olive tree
Personal QR tag — follow its progress and find it when you visit
Digital adoption certificate and printed certificate
Tell us a little of what you have in mind. Every Castruriali experience and adoption is arranged personally — we will reply within two working days.
Or write to us directly · hello@castruriali.com
— The Cultivars
Meet the six olives.
Every experience begins with the trees themselves. Discover the native Sicilian varieties in our single-origin cuvée — and the rare one we are working to save.