We were very excited to arrive at this villa - the online photos looked gorgeous. On arrival we were however completely stunned. It was even far more beautiful in real life. The wine, tea / coffee and food (including figs from the garden) to great us was very welcomed.

Everything about this villa is perfect. Claire answered all my questions promptly before our arrival and kindly found us a cot/highchair. The housekeeper Vitalba was there to meet us, even though we arrived late in the evening and did a detailed tour of this very large and luxurious villa. Vitalba arrived every day and was incredibly friendly, keen to pass on local information, kept the house beautifully clean, brought us her own grown wine, and didn't feel like she was intruding on our family space in any way.

There is everything you could ask for in this villa. It is incredibly expansive, and in every single room, balcony (of which there are several), swimming pool and roof terrace so much attention has been given to detail. Even though we are a large family consisting of mum/dad, 20, 19, 18, 15, 12 years and an 18 month old baby there are parts of the villa we hardly used, it was just so expansive, we felt always spoilt for choice of where to sit, they are all equally as nice as each other. The views are stunning from all aspects. The house would be perfect for 2/3 families to share.

The swimming pool and roof terrace were for us the real highlights. The pool is enormous! One thing to note if you have younger children is its depth is the same across the entire pool - around 5 ft. The lighting in and around the pool, and under lots of the gorgeous trees made it very atmospheric. There were plenty of towels provided for both the internal and external areas.

This is a villa we would love to come back to. Every morning we all woke up feeling we were in an incredibly special and glamours place and it was a huge treat to be there, and of course sunshine every day was welcome. The area is beautiful. So close to lovely stony beaches, the local nature reserve is stunning, and San Vito lo Capo is a close enough for a visit for an amazing sandy beach with turquoise sea. Often though, we were happy just to stay at the villa, it was so nice it was hard to find the enthusiasm with a weeks stay to see much of the island. So we will certainly be back as there were many places we had intended to visit. Another positive is the short 40 minute drive from Palermo airport. We found the track up to the villa narrow and were glad we had chosen two small hire cars rather than a minivan.

Thank you Claire and Francois, you have created a very special and luxurious haven.