My wife and I stayed at MariaTeresa's place for 5 nights. We have been traveling for the past 5 months, mostly staying at AirBNBs, and have had good experiences and amazing hosts throughout. However, we can honestly say this has been our best experience. MariaTeresa's son Eugenio greeted us and showed us around, giving us all necessary information for a comfortable stay. The place was lovely, more spacious than the pictures show, with all typical amenities (shower with hot water, towels, full bed and bed linens, towels, comfortable couch, tv with many channels showing american and Italian shows, washing machine, wifi, off-road parking, heat/ac.). It is located just a 5 minute ride from a village Nicolosi where you can get any needed groceries and very close to Mt Etna for lovely hikes and about 30 minutes to Catania center.
But there were many extra touches that made this place special, owing to the thoughtfulness of the hosts. These included extra blankets, how large the towels were, plenty of light and storage space, hair dryer, kitchen with breads, jams, nutella, fresh eggs, milk, butter, fresh oranges from their tree, artwork done by the host, and easy parking off the road that was locked with a gate (especially important given how busy the roads can get with cars/pedestrians/motorbikes), all of which made this place above and beyond typical hosts.
Other than all this, but probably even more important, were the hosts themselves. They lived in a house nextdoor, in the same plot of land, and were very available for any question we had. MariaTeresa is super sweet, making us pie and cookies on our last night. Eugenio, her son, speaks very good English and was more than willing to give us advice on restaurants and day trips that was very good advice. I cannot write all here, but an example is that he sat with us our first morning for 20 minutes, showing us where to go and drawing us a map of where to get the best fish in Catania fish market.
I can't write enough about these hosts. We would 100% recommend them to anyone.