We spent a lovely relaxing week with our young family enjoying the peace, pool and sunshine. Enzo, Simone and their family were fantastic hosts, warm welcoming and friendly without being intrusive.
They didn’t speak much English, and we don’t speak much Italian, but we managed to communicate well. Enzo was very patient and took time to demonstrate everything in the accommodation. A bit of google translate helped too.
For anyone considering Sortino or this property, just a few things to note:
Sortino is a ten minute drive, and is a nice local, non-touristy town with a few good restaurants and a couple of nice bars. It has smallish supermarkets and a modest public park with a kids play area.
It’s a fairly quiet area, but we enjoyed exploring Noto, Siracusa and Etna which were all an hour or so away. More locally there is the pantalica - an ancient necropolis with lovely walks and a stream at the bottom of a valley where you can swim and cool off.
The accommodation was spacious and spotless. The kitchen is outside - we weren’t expecting this (although I think it does mention it in the description) but it was actually very nice cooking and eating in the fresh air - part of the charm of the place is the gardens of olive, citrus and almond trees, and the back-to-nature feel of the experience.
Our kids are 7, 5 and 1 - all had a great time. Some aspects of the accommodation aren’t very toddler friendly however, with open staircases and floor height windows (which needed to be open with mosquito nets on, as it was very hot while we were there).
The pool was great and we had it to ourselves. Enzo’s kids are all teenagers or older, and were a lovely bunch.
Overall our stay was very relaxing and we would definitely recommend it.