Recommended. Free entry - takes about 30 mins. Cottage built for the Florio family on the flank of a hill close to the centre of Palermo, which used to be surrounded by a 3 hectares garden (now less than 1, and a lot of overlooking from blocks of flats). Aristocrats built their villas higher up, for better air. The Florios were small shopkeepers from Calabria who became very wealthy from navigation, chemicals, fabrics and Marsala wine. Built by the architect Ernesto Basile in art nouveau (Liberty) style. The villa burned down in 1962. It has been wonderfully restored, partly showing the burned parts. The elaborate art nouveau woodwork is mid-brown instead of the original dark brown. I only wish it had been fully refurbished, instead of the few pieces of beautiful furniture now (hence 4 ⭐️ instead of 5!). Also, I wish they cleaned tge garden and had a private concession cafe with tables and chairs under the palm trees.