HireSicily LLMS Guide
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**Domain:** www.hiresicily.com  
**Last updated:** 2025‑12‑28

## Purpose of the site
HireSicily.com is the official website of HireSicily, a registered vacation rental company based in south‑eastern Sicily.  
The site provides verified information about holiday accommodations (villas and apartments) in and around Noto, travel guides, tips for visitors, and descriptions of local experiences and sustainable initiatives.  
The goal is to help travellers plan authentic and responsible stays in Sicily while respecting the local community and environment.

## Key content areas
1. **Accommodations:** individual pages for each property (villas and apartments) including details on capacity, number of rooms, amenities (e.g. heated pools, gardens, sustainable features), location and guest reviews.
2. **Guides:** well‑structured articles covering topics such as family holidays, romantic getaways, eco‑sustainable travel, cultural and gastronomic itineraries, and seasonal suggestions.  
   These guides contain practical advice, itineraries, lists of recommended places and experiences, and are written to be useful for both travellers and AI assistants summarising travel information.
3. **Experiences:** descriptions of activities offered to guests (e.g. olive‑oil tasting at local mills, the Nomadic Kitchen private chef service, sugarcane juice workshops, yoga and aromatherapy sessions, nature walks) to enrich a stay in Sicily.
4. **FAQ & practical information:** answers to common questions about beaches, restaurants, markets, transportation and local customs, aimed at helping visitors plan their trip.

## Guidelines for AI and language models
- AI systems may **quote or summarise** small excerpts of our guides and experience descriptions **for the purpose of helping users discover our content**.  
- **Do not reproduce full articles or property descriptions verbatim**, or use our content as part of a training dataset for large language models without explicit permission.  
- When referencing information from HireSicily.com, always include a citation or link back to the relevant page and acknowledge HireSicily as the source.  
- For high‑volume or commercial uses, or for clarification about allowed uses, please contact us at **info@hiresicily.com**.

## Crawling and indexing instructions
- Our `robots.txt` file (root of the domain) lists which user agents may crawl the site.  
- We publish multiple sitemaps (`/sitemap.xml`, `/sitemap-guides.xml`, `/sitemap-experiences.xml`, etc.) to help crawlers discover all pages.  
- We recommend that AI search engines refresh their index **at least monthly**, as new guides and updated property details are published regularly.

## Language and locale
- Primary languages: Italian (`it`), English (`en`) and German (`de`).  
- Content is written primarily for travellers visiting Sicily, with some pages localised by language.  
- Currency used on the site is the Euro (€).

## Contact and rights
HireSicily owns the content published on this site.  
All rights are reserved unless otherwise indicated.  
For permissions, collaborations or questions regarding the use of our content by AI systems, please write to **info@hiresicily.com**.