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Santa Teresa - An Atypical Hotel on the Largest Sicilian Island
No Man’s Land Between
Europe and Africa
Island Pantelleria is closer to the African continent
than it is to Europe, and in valley Monastero,
right in the centre of the island, forty
hectares were taken up by a sumptuous rustic
estate called Santa Teresa Resort, with an
enormous vineyard and 18 wonderfully renovated,
traditional fishermen’s and village houses
that were designed for exclusive tourism
Written by: Aurelija Vukušiæ
Photo: www.designhotels.com
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Today’s tourism is, in a single word, an escape: escape
from the every-day life, from the city rhythm,
obligations, other people who are similar to us, and
maybe also an escape from ourselves. However,
an escape that ends up in an overcrowded summer resort
where people are just as nervous, if not more, because
they’ve been stacked up in unfamiliar territory
and they have a short period of time in which they must
(!) relax and unwind, is not really much of an escape.
That’s why the island of Pantelleria is the destination for
true fugitives: one of the rare untouched European oases,
and it spreads across 83 square kilometres. This is a
volcanic island at the very south of Italy that regionally
belongs to Sicily, and it’s the largest Sicilian island. Mind