Reviews

The Spa at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort was awarded 'Best Emerging Spa in Italy' at the 2013 World Luxury Spa Awards. The awards recognise the spa's outstanding achievement in service delivery over the past year, voted by guests and industry consultants. World Luxury Spa Awards, April 2013

Verdura is one of the most stylish spas I’ve visited, a glamorous cream edifice that flows gracefully from one inviting spa to the next, via an impressive gym and workout studio. The Sunday Times, February 2013

VITA HEALTH: I left feeling better informed about my health, invigorated and inspired. This concept fills the gaping hole between purely pampering and ridiculously regimented spas. It’s ideal for those who want an intelligent kick-start for long term change. The Sunday Times, February 2013

Verdura Golf & Spa Resorts was ranked among Architectural Digest's 11 most beautifully designed spas around the world - February 2013

Verdura is arguably the finest resort on the island. The Financial Times, January 2013

'This hotel, with 203 bedrooms, sits in a remote 230-hectare valley estate. Designed by Kyle Phillips, 45 holes meander through olive and citrus groves before drifting along the shoreline in typical links fashion, and the spa has the biggest hamman you've ever seen'. Five of the best European golf Resorts - Condé Nast Traveller UK - January 2013

Italian beachside style but with New York-y mod cons. Tatler Spa Guide 2013

As you enter the resort’s grand gates, the greenery of the expansive estates strikes you first. Groves of trees, blooming gardens and the pristine fairways of its three golf courses await you before you even glimpse the sea. The Mail on Sunday, September 2012    

The Verdura Spa at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort was voted the Best Hotel Spa in Europe, Asia Minor and the Russian Federation at the 2012 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Spa Awards. The awards are based on reader's votes on criteria including spa facilities, individual approach, ambience/design, treatments, amenities and service. Verdura Spa also ranked sixth in the World's Top 30 Spas.

'Playing golf this summer at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort was an amazing experience: next to the sea, interesting changes of the wind; it's a true paradise'  Cesare Prandelli, Manager of the Italian Football Team - Style Golf, Corriere Della Serra, January 2012

'Golf in Sicily : Tee beside the sea with Sir Rocco Forte in Verdura - Sandwiched between scorched mountains on one side and the Mediterranean on the other, the Verdura trio - two 18-hole courses, one nine-hole course - have been fashioned across a vast plateau. Their architect, Kyle Philips has created something that will live long in memory.' - Ultratravel, The Telegraph September 2011 - Click here to read more

'Add golf to the spectacular draws of Sicily - I saved the best for last: Rocco Forte’s Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, which opened in 2009. This is the famous British hotelier’s first golf resort, and like everything Forte has done, it is equally extravagant and intimate.' - Golf Week, June 2011 - Click here to read more

'Top resorts are his Forte - Despite the Italian invasion in pro golf, Sicily didn't get its first real golf course until 1993. And if the island finally has become an attractive golf destination, much of the credit goes to Forte.' - Golf Week, June 2011 - Click here to read more

Tatler Travel Guide 2011 names Verdura Golf & Spa Resort as the best Family Hotel- Click here to read more

Conde Nast Traveller names Verdura Golf & Spa Resort as one of the five best European golf resorts. March 2011 - Click here to read more

The Spa at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort was awarded 'Best New Spa' at the 2010 Italian Spa Awards. The awards recognise the best of the best of Italian spas and are voted for by a panel of experts from the spa and wellness world as well as the readers of Area Wellness Magazine. January 2011

'Golf is grand in Sicily... Surrounded by distant hills around three sides, the Mediterranean on the fourth, there are two 18-hole championship courses, plus 420 recently planted olive trees. There are orchards of fruitul citrus, and even pomegranates.'  WOW Travel, January 2011 - Click here to read more

Described as spa savvy, stylish, sophisticated, intimate and a triumph for Rocco Forte Hotels, Verdura Golf & Spa Resort was awarded ' Best Family Escape' at the fourth annual Tatler Spa Awards. October 2010

Verdura Golf & Spa Resort has been rated as Italy's best in the new authoritative Rolex Top 1000 Golf Courses Guide. September 2010 - Click here to read more

Verdura Golf & Spa Resort was awarded 'Best Family Program' during the fourth annual Virtuoso 'Best of the Best' Hotel Awards. Recognizing the family friendly environment, this award acknowledges special programmes and activities for children of all ages, from creative activities and services to educational endeavours and active adventures. August 2010 -  Click here to read more

Verdura's entry into the exclusive Conde Nast Traveller 2010 Hot List is another compliment for the resort.... Read all about Verdura and the 2010 Hot List.

The German national football team chose Rocco Forte’s Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, near Sciacca, Sicily, to unwind... Read all about the German team and Verdura.

"An ultra-luxurious resort without real parallel in the Mediterranean" that offers "perfect privacy with understated elegance" and "two stunning links courses". Privat Air, Summer 2010 - Click here for full article on Verdura Golf & Spa Resort

"There is nowhere more sparkling with sophistication than Rocco Forte’s outpost on this pine-scented rugged island." Tatler, August 2010

"If you want to discover the most outstanding kid’s club I’ve discovered than head to Verdura, Rocco Forte’s new family resort in southwest Sicily." Country & Town House Magazine, October 2010