We spent 3 nights of our honeymoon vacation at Casa Ochipinti. Usually we are backpack Travelleres without any special needs regarding our accomodation. But this time we wanted to delight ourselves with something special.
At the beginning we had a little communication Problem with Fausta, which she handled very well and accomodating. Thanks again for that and also special thanks to Roberta, who was our direct contact at the place.
The place itself, especially the mansion is very beautiful. A nice italian cottage with very impressive common areas inside. The garden area is also nice, but to us, it didn’t appear as big as shown on the photos.
Our room was advertised as a panorama suite. On the pictures on airbnb it looks like as if every panorama suite had it’s own little garden in front of the panorama windows. Well our room was nice, but neither we had panorama windows (ours were facing a dry field, where you could also see solar plates and also some building rubble) nor a little garden in front of the suite. The room itself and the bath was nice and clean.
The common outdoor areas, such as the pool and dining areas are pleasant and really good to hang out and relax.
On the second day we booked a cooking class which started at 4pm and took 2,5h. The price was 40€ pp including a glass of wine for each of us. „Chef“ Luigi was very gentle and friendly. We assisted him in getting fresh ingredients from the garden and he explained us how to make fresh pasta.
Unfortunately the class was more about assisting the chef, but not really how to prepare sicilian food.
In my opinion 40€ is too much, compared to what you get. But Luigi was really friendly and we had a good time.
The breakfast, which was included in the room rate, was good and served as a 3 course menue, a basket of different styles of bread, Butter and fresh homemade jam followed by some scrambled eggs, lettuce, fresh tomatoes, ham and cheese. At the end you got some sort of cake as dessert. So the breakfast was very good and substantial.
For lunch you could have a meal for 30€ pp or a Sandwich for 15€ pp. Once we had the Sandwich, which was 5 inch pp and spreaded with Mozzarella, fresh vegetables and fresh basil. Well it was good, but by far the most expensive Sandwich of my life.
The dinner was set as a 4 course menue for 43€ pp. The food always changed (vegetarian, fish, meat). They also take care of the individual needs of the guests (allergies, vegans etc.) and match the food to the respective needs.
The food was fine and fresh made every evening. The list of wines was huge and started at 16€ per bottle.
In the end we had a very relaxing and pleasant stay at casa ochipinti. The staff was very friendly and courteous. The food was very good and fresh, but partially (Sandwich) not cheap.
Thanks,
Alex