In a nutshell: we loved this place! Spending 11 days at Francesco`s house made our holidays in Sicily trully great. We had everything we wanted. The location of the house was close to the beach and shops but at the same time tranquil. It was equipped with all basic needs not overloaded with furniture or things like that but with certain style and charme. We felt very comfortible in this house. If something was missing Francesco and his son were always around to help us. Francesco provided very useful hints as regards restaurants and places to visit. And all his recommendations hit our taste. Thank you very mich for this! Some basic information for new guests: one def. needs a car. To go to the beach or shopping or discover the sourroundings is almost not possible without. Not because it is too far but it is quite incovenient to walk down the road since there are no paths for pedestrians. Check Pizzeria Baida (one of best pizza we ever had and Tropical Bar in Castellammare del Golfo for ice cream, wondeful). The Zingaro park is worth to visit as well (entrance 5 Euros) because of the very nice bays for swimming and snorkeling (good shoes recommended). If you want to buy fish, there is one guy from Friday`s to Monday`s at the Mercato close to the house who is really an Italian character. He sells the fish straight from his little blue Piaggio Ape right on the street arond 9 o`clock in the morning. Bargaining with him makes your day, great experience! Eventually not to forget, Franceso´s own olive oil and wonderful lemons from his garden. We could not withstand to take a few back home. We usually travel around and rarely come back to places we have once visited but Francesco´s place and the sourroundings of Scopello are worth to change this habit.