Our stay at Villa Avola Antica was fantastic. The surrounding in the middle of a hillside looking at Avola. Amazing property and with friendly and welcoming host and family.

You need a car to go there and to go the shops. The last part to go the villa is a bit hard to find but Paolo and Simona came to find us to get there. They don’t speak a lot of English but with the help of Google translate (!), their daughter and with hands and feet they made our stay unforgettable. They greeted us with juice, food and cookies. Later in our stay they brought us typical Avola sweets. And even at the end of our holiday they gave us a very nice bottle of Avola wine.

It is even more beautiful then you see on the pictures. The pool is great and the house is very clean and modern with everything that is needed. We did not use the second bathroom that much.
Every third day Paolo’s son and girlfriend came to clean the pool and watering the garden.

There was no wifi at the time we were there, but that made our stay an even more relaxing holiday.

The Cave Grande (five minutes from the villa) is a place you have to go. But don’t go with your flip flops which we did because we were not prepared to go there. It takes you about an hour (with a six year old) to get there. My eleven year old son did got down in half an hour. It is not easy with the sun in your neck and going back up is hell (don’t forget to bring enough water), but it is really worth it.
We also went to some beaches which were recommended to us by Paolo and Simona, to Taormina , the shops in Catania, the Etna etc.

Overall we had a great time. We have to go back.

Grazie mille!!