Masseria Quartarella

Top choice in Modica


Spacious rooms, welcoming hosts and ample breakfasts make this converted farmhouse in the countryside south of Modica an appealing choice for anyone travelling by car. Owners Francesco and Francesca are generous in sharing their love and encyclopaedic knowledge of local history, flora and fauna and can suggest a multitude of driving itineraries in the surrounding area.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Modica attractions

1. Chiesa di Santa Maria la Nova

3.05 MILES

Sporting a relatively restrained neoclassical facade, this church took shape in the 18th and 19th centuries. Among its numerous notable artworks is 18th…

2. Palazzo Beneventano

3.25 MILES

The Unesco-listed 18th-century Palazzo Beneventano is Sicilian baroque on steroids. Fantastical stone creatures taunt, terrorise or merely bemuse from the…

3. Chiesa Madonna del Carmine

3.25 MILES

Completed in 1769, this Carmelite church dominates the southwest corner of handsome Piazza Busacca. Its pure white interior harbours stuccowork by master…

4. Chiesa di San Bartolomeo

3.26 MILES

Although its origins lie in the 15th century, the luminous church standing today was built between the mid-18th and late-19th centuries. Like many of…

5. Palazzo Municipio

3.27 MILES

To fans of the popular TV series Commissario Montelbano (Inspector Montalbano), Scicli's Town Hall – completed in 1906 – is better known as police…

6. Chiesa Madre San Guglielmo

3.29 MILES

It's in this church that a warrior-like Madonna delle Milizie (Madonna of the Militias) crushes two hapless Saracens on her white horse. Made of wood and…

7. Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista

3.29 MILES

After the earthquake of 1693 reduced the original church to rubble, construction of the current baroque beauty began in 1760. Behind its elegant convex…

8. Palazzo Bonelli Patanè

3.34 MILES

Never judge a book by its cover, or a palazzo by its facade. Take the 19th-century Palazzo Bonelli Patanè, its demure neoclassical facade tight-lipped…