{"id":3563,"date":"2022-02-15T09:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T09:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:43:53","slug":"wish-sicily-in-the-times-easter-in-modica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wish-sicily-in-the-times-easter-in-modica\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish Sicily in the Times | Easter in Modica"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Family holiday for Easter in Sicily<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A holiday in Sicily at Easter always feels like a bit of a bonus \u2013 a chance to bask in some unexpected sunshine way ahead of the main summer months \u2013 so the Times got a big thumbs-up from us at the weekend for including us in their round-up of <a title=\"family villa holidays in Sicily\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easter family holiday ideas<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the suggestions for holidays in the Bahamas, Costa Rica and the UK, the Times agreed that a holiday on the southern tip of Sicily ticked every box for families looking for early spring warmth combined with sightseeing and countryside walks. And for local colour, throw in the spectacle of Modica\u2019s Madonna &#8220;<em>Vasa Vasa<\/em>&#8221; procession, one of the highlights of the Easter weekend in Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>At villa <a title=\"Sicily villa to rent Gemma\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/en\/ispica\/villas-in-sicily\/gemma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gemma<\/a>, the other big plus is that even if temperatures don\u2019t rise much above the late teens, the heated pool will still provide hours of fun, and there\u2019s a fabulous pizza oven in the villa\u2019s second kitchen, in the garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3564\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AM_1947-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AM_1947-1.jpg\" alt=\"Villa Gemma | Read full article: https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/the-best-family-holidays-for-easter-c09c7wh2l\" width=\"966\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AM_1947-1.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AM_1947-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wishsicily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AM_1947-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villa Gemma | Read full article: https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/the-best-family-holidays-for-easter-c09c7wh2l<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Situated close to Ispica in southeast Sicily, Gemma is a 4-bedroom contemporary villa with a heated pool, poolside lounge and dining areas, and a children\u2019s trampoline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family holiday for Easter in Sicily A holiday in Sicily at Easter always feels like a bit of a bonus \u2013 a chance to bask in some unexpected sunshine way ahead of the main summer months \u2013 so the Times got a big thumbs-up from us at the weekend for including us in their round-up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wish-sicily-in-the-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wish Sicily in the Times | Easter in Modica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Times includes WishSicily in their round-up of Easter family holiday ideas. 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