What a great place this is, very spacious for two people and can accommodate about eight by the looks of it. What we enjoyed most was sitting out in the well-shaded patio at the front of the house, watching lizards, sparrows and listening to the humorous song of the starlings. The place has obviously been either a family home, or a much-loved second home by the sea. It's situated in a smallholding of olive trees, with some fruit trees too, but the crops aren't being harvested at the moment, so there are windfalls.
We were shown around by Lucia, one of the owners (Giorgio acts as an agent). She doesn't speak any English, so it's wise to either be adept at using the translate app of a well known search engine that this site is preventing me from naming (!), or to know some Italian, as there are a couple of complicated instructions, such as how to set and disarm the burglar alarm (the area is one of often fairly isolated houses and villas, a bit of a mini Beverly Hills, in a nice unpretentious way with plenty of intriguing modernist beach architecture.
Kitchen is fairly well provided for, with a huge number of some things like big pans and plastic bowls. We ate at home every night -- it was just so addictive sitting there, listening to the palm trees rustling in the breeze.
Beds fine, shower good and fairly easy to find with Giorgio's map. Front gates rather hard work to get the left one open enough to let a car pass, but good exercise!
The nature reserve entrance appears to be 50 metres away, but isn't -- instead, it's down on the beach, a 10 minute walk away. If you walk about 4.5km from the house into the reserve (3.50 euros pp) you'll see flamingoes on the lagoon, and various other waders and ducks. Bird numbers were small when we went, but two of the main lagoon areas were completely dried up. The nature reserve is subject to closures to protect nesting turtles, so check with staff at the entrance how far is accessible.
Beach wise, you can use some of the beaches on the Vendicari reserve by paying the daily charge. There is also a small beach directly at the end of the San Lorenzo ix road, then, turning towards San Lorenzo, is a charming almost circular cove, then another 10 mins is San Lorenzo beach itself. Our favourite places to swim were San Lorenzo beach and 15 mins away at Marzimemi old town.
The minimarket a 12 min walk along the road from the property has basic items and sells good fresh espresso from a machine. In Pachino there is a Eurospin and a Conad to stock up on supplies.
The owners had kindly left us wine, beers and there are some basics, such as oil etc. Don't panic, as we did, if you open the fridge next to the worktops and find it's full of plastic cups and clingfilm. There is a second fridge at the back of the room, by the bathroom. The fridge being used as a cupboard could do with a note on it to say, 'look behind you!', ie, for the actual functioning fridge.
If you go, you'll have a great time, and do visit Noto if you have time and enjoy fine architecture and sumptuous palazzi.