We had the most wonderful time in Gabriele's villa. Gabriele was super helpful before we arrived, advising us of all the things he could arrange for us and Monica (the house manager) also got in touch before we arrived to arrange our arrival and everything we needed. Monica also arranged for Maria to come cook for us one night - we would highly recommend doing this! Maria prepared an amazing feast for us and brought local wine and home made limoncello - it was some of the best food we had in Sicily, and she was even able to cater to our two friends with gluten and dairy allergies. Monica also helped us with taxi arrangements as we had to be in Taormina a few times for wedding-related activities - Angelo was our driver for the week and he was incredible, always 10 minutes early and armed with so much knowledge about what to do and eat in Taormina and Trappitello.
The pool is wonderful - we bought floats in Naxos Giardini which really made the pool fun, and we loved having dinner under the beautiful canopy outside. Note that the mosquitos were really bad so would definitely recommend bug spray and citronella candles/burners!
Beds were very big and linens were super nice. There was nothing we wanted for the entire week! We are already talking about when we will be back.
Thank you, Gabriele, Monica and Angelo for making our week in Sicily truly unforgettable!