The most important thing about this house is that feeling of "wow!" once you open the garden backdoor. There's the beach, the Tyrrhenian Sea with its incredibly intense color, the view of the Aeolian Islands on the horizon, and it's all just a few seconds and a turn of the key away from your holiday apartment.
We and our small sons spent a lot of happy hours on that beach, which was never too crowded, even in early August. (Note, though, that it's a stony beach, relatively steep, and the waves can be strong if it's windy. Our six-year old liked it better than the four-year old.)
The apartment's other big selling point is the garden with its trampoline, children's slide and its chair ensemble. What a nice place to unwind after a stuffy day. It was almost *too* nice for our wild, crazy sons, and I was at times concerned they would uproot some plants or smudge the white seat covers. (Probably, this was just in my head, as Francesco and Monica were nice, helpful, always reachable hosts very fond of the children.)
The apartment itself is, to my mind, the weakest argument for renting this casa vacanza. It is large enough, modern, very clean, with AC in the living room, it has a large fridge, three (! ) TV sets, a shower, a bath tub, wifi, a washing machine, bikes to borrow, generally everything ... but I also found it a bit too dark and lacking in character. This is complaining on a very high level, though, and surely just a matter of taste.
The traffic on the small but busy road in front of the house, on the other hand, I got used to pretty quickly. Capo d'Orlando is a buzzing holiday town, and this is a large part of the fun. There is a small store within walking distance, and you'll find entertainment, some shopping and restaurant options downtown two kilometers away. If you have a car, which I'd recommend, you can park it conveniently in the yard. The access gate is very wide by Italian standards, a great relief.
There's lots to see in the immediate surroundings, but we also made day trips to Messina, Mount Etna and Vulcano island from here; Palermo is also reasonably close. So this apartment is a good base camp for exploring most of the North coast of Sicily.