Maria and her husband were very welcoming and helpful, and the apartment is lovely; the photos don’t quite do the place justice. You have use of a pretty little garden overlooking the main square of the village and down to the sea, and you are very close to all the facilities the village has. Leni and Rinella themselves are great little towns: quiet, unassuming and genuine, in that they are not blatantly touristic like some other places in the Aeolian islands. We would love to return to spend more time on Salina, and we would have no hesitation in staying with Maria again.

One minor thing worth mentioning, (which is also mentioned in the description, but doesn’t get translated that well) is that the bed is on a mezzanine floor with a fairly low roof, for us it was fine, but if you’re very tall, getting in and out of bed could be a little awkward…but don’t let that put you off.