We stayed at Casa Samarcanda for a week and it was wonderful. The apartment was fantastic and Franco and Orietta were gracious and helpful hosts. They left us a bottle of local wine for each of the nights we stayed there, and even rented us their scooter for the week.

Pollara is beautiful, though rather quiet (as we had hoped). We were walking distance from a bus stop with regular, reliable buses to other towns on Salina, a restaurant with delicious pastas and seafood, a small snack bar with sandwiches and drinks, and a spot to swim in the sea. The house was clean, comfortable, and very charming. The kitchen has beautiful windowed doors that open up onto the patio area, shaded by grape vines and with a table for eating outside.

A wonderful place to stay, I would recommend it without reservation.