Where is inspector montalbano filmed

Montalbano's home, with its balconies overlooking the beach, is at Punta Secca , a small seaside settlement with a tall lighthouse, which stands in for fictional Marinella. The little square where the building is located is now rechristened Piazza Montalbano. Along the seafront, is a restaurant where Montalbano occasionally enjoys a seafood and pasta lunch on the terrace.

In the pursuit of his enquiries, a disapproving Montalbano sometimes has to call upon aged Mafia boss Balduccio Sinagra in his sumptuous residence.

In fictional Vigata the Sinagra family are the local Mafia clan. In reality, the "Castello di Donnafugata" belongs to Ragusan town council, and is open to the public and well worth visiting. It's outside the town and can be reached by car or on some days by train. It has a medieval centre, ornate churches and another important museum of archaeology.

Just outside the town lies the Valley of the Temples, a complex of ancient Greek ruins dating back to the fifth century BC. If you just want to relax, Sicily has glorious beaches especially at San Vito Lo Capo on the north-western tip , and if you like a glass of wine, the island has more vineyards than any other region of Italy.

You can book day-long tours that take in a couple of cantine wineries. Sign in. Back to Main menu What to watch Film news. This lovely church was only partially destroyed by the earthquake, as can be seen from the Gothic Catalan-style arches in the right aisle. As its name suggests, the church is reached via steps, though the vistas that spread out once you reach it are worth the effort. Villas near Ragusa. Modica is yet another glorious baroque town rebuilt, like Scicli and Ragusa, after the earthquake of Eminently photogenic, the location managers of the Montalbano series simply couldn't leave it out!

View our villas near Modica. Apart from swimming off the beach outside his house in Punta Secca, Montalbano often finds himself on the long expanses of sand in Donnalucata and Sampieri just south of Scicli.

Apart from their associations with Montalbano, both beaches are amongst the loveliest on this stretch of the Sicilian coastline. Beachfront and coastal villas in Sicily. Why not come and discover Montalbano's homeland for yourself, staying in one of our villas in the southeast of Sicily?

Sign up to our newsletter for new villas, local news, recipes and more Our weekly email newsletters include information about our exclusive villas and new additions to our collections, holiday ideas, destination insights and cultural briefings. Highlights are Palazzo Fava and Palazzo Busacca and, if you are feeling strong, a walk up to the Convento della Croce for some fine views of the town. Not far from Scicli down on the coast is Sampieri and the emblematic brick factory which burnt down in and has been left as a ruined hulk ever since.

Many of the more incriminating scenes of Montalbano were filmed here, so it is intriguing to visit. It is not possible to go inside but there are a number of tracks that lead down to the adjacent sea.

And also one other location in Ragusa Ibla which is sadly no longer in the same place — the trattoria Rusticana which was on the left hand side walking up Corso XXV April from the Giardino Ibleo. This delightful small trattoria had an outdoor seating area beneath a canopy of Virginia creeper that was quite one of the most lovely in Sicily. In almost every episode, Montalbano would stop here with one of his colleagues for a plate of pasta all norma or aubergine caponata.

But, as far as I understand, the fame of this trattoria from Montalbano proved to much for it and the assault of well-meaning aficionados meant that it had to move to a new location around the corner. And in the process, I regret to say, has lost its charm. There are a few other outlying locations which are definitely worth the visit if you have time.

One is surely the castle of Donnafugata once owned by Corrado Arezzo De Spuches — of the same family as the Palazzo Arezzo in Ragusa and which, in the Montalbano films is used for the house of the mafioso. The other charming place which is worth a visit are the old houses just beneath Parco Forza in Ispica. The cave houses lining the side of the gorge were still lived in until the s and even today are still used as stables by some of the locals.

But they still provide a perfect backdrop for a film setting. Marzamemi has also been sky-rocketed to fame by the Montalbano series. But if you chose to visit, be sure to come out of season.

Nothing more than an albeit thoroughly charming tuna-fishing quarter, the place is tiny — just a courtyard the size of a hockey pitch — and on an August evening, it can easily seem as if the whole of Italy is there. Otherwise, Noto and Modica are similarly full of locations that any keen-eyed Montalbano fan will recognise. Nowadays too, in the local bookshops, it is possible to pick up a guide that will pinpoint the locations for you.

However, identifying the locations of the Montalbano film is one way to see this area, but it is of course, it is just as valid to stroll the area as if Montalbano never existed. And in many ways, this would be my preferred way — to happen upon the these beautiful locations by chance. Esplora Travel visit many of these locations during their small group Baroque Sicily tour.