A private villa in the hills above Messina. Ancient groves, the Mandanici mill, terraced hillsides. And a handful of Castruriali experiences woven into every stay.
Where the oil begins: between the grain and the grove.
All 46 photosA private villa in Castroreale for eight guests or up to ten with the sofa bed, among the groves of our home valley. Arrive as a guest and leave knowing this place in the way it can only be known slowly, from inside it.
Licence number (CIN): IT083016C2ZK4QDVH9
A fully equipped kitchen that opens onto the lounge and dining area, made for long Sicilian meals.
One generous living space for cooking, eating and evenings together, with a sofa bed for two more guests.
Terrace, garden and pool among the groves, with space to eat outside and watch the light change over the hills.
Booking and cancellation conditions
The villa, exclusively yours: the groves, the terrace, the Sicilian mornings. Add individual experiences as you wish.
The villa with three Castruriali experiences built in: the mill tour, the farm and the ancient grain workshop. The complete picture of this place.
Book online in minutes: choose your dates, then secure them with a 30% deposit (the full price if you arrive within 9 weeks). Prefer to talk first? Send a request and we will reply within two working days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A single olive tree in the Castroreale hills becomes yours to sponsor for the year.
Your tree carries a personal QR tag: scan it to follow your sapling's progress and find it again when you visit.
Each season we send a special Castruriali box: a bottle from the harvest and word of how your tree fares.
Every adopter is welcome to visit their tree once the grove opens to Friends. Heritage and Guardian adopters will be invited first.
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.
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.
Every bottle of Castruriali sold funds the restoration of Sicily's neglected olive trees. And the rescue of cultivars on the edge of extinction.
Letters from Castroreale: the harvest, the mill and the trees we are bringing back to life.
