Laura's little slice of heaven in the sleepy fishing town of Santa Flavia is perfect for a romantic stay. I cannot rave about the space itself enough. So much character and styling, comfortable bed, wonderful bathtub, the spiral stairs, not to mention you have a beach basically to yourself. At least we did when we were there! The water was so warm and perfect for swimming everyday.
The town I should mention was pretty shut down when we were there in early October. They were setting up for a festival that started the day before we left so everyone was pretty consumed with that, but it didn't bother us. It was fun to watch everyone get excited. Also, the concept of siesta exist in Santa Flavia! It wont be a problem as long as you get in your grocery shopping or lunch in before 1pm otherwise you're out of luck until things open back up between 5pm and 7pm. That being said a lot of the restaurants recommended to us were closed for a vacation, but we were able to find others. We found one called Scaru close to the apartment and was my husbands favorite meal in our 2 weeks worth of eating around all of Italy!
Definitely we were the only tourists, maybe because of the time of year, but it was a fun experience for us to be immersed and we felt kind of like locals by the end of our stay! Palermo is a close train ride, and the beaches around are wonderful! But why leave when, as the listing says, you have one foot in the water!