Verdura Resort by Rocco Forte Hotels

Verdura Resort by Rocco Forte Hotels

By 7:30 in the morning, the buffet is already laid out at Verdura Resort by Rocco Forte Hotels, and guests split two ways: golf bags toward the course, towels toward the private beach. The resort sits eleven kilometres outside Sciacca on Sicily's southern coast, spread low across two floors and 203 rooms, so it feels more low-rise village than tower block. Rooms come with private balconies, minibars and rainfall showers, and four restaurants, Zagara among them serving Mediterranean cooking, plus two bars and a poolside bar mean dinner doesn't have to be the same table twice. What sets Verdura apart from the other resorts on this coast is the golf course on site, with tennis courts, a health club and table tennis rounding out the sport side, alongside an indoor pool, an outdoor pool and a spa tub for anyone who would rather do nothing at all. The spa list runs to massage, sauna and steam room, and a kids' club and playground mean this isn't only a couples' retreat, though the scale and the golf tilt it toward guests who want space and structure over a walkable old town. Ten meeting rooms and a business center put corporate groups here too, so a leisure week and a corporate retreat can be happening under the same roof without either really noticing the other. Free parking, a train station pick-up and free Wi-Fi handle the practical end. Those chasing Sciacca's centre on foot should look elsewhere: this is a resort built to be arrived at and stayed inside, its own coastline standing in for the town eleven kilometres away. Eleven kilometres from Sciacca, Verdura Resort by Rocco Forte Hotels pairs an on-site golf course with a private beach, four restaurants and two pools across 203 low-rise rooms. It suits guests who want space and structure over a walkable old town, less those chasing a town square outside the door.