Beach house very close to the sea with safe access by a few steps and no roads to negotiate. The beach, although public, is set amongst private holiday homes so is quiet, family orientated and looked after by the local home owners. It is coarse sand and fine pebbles and does have quite a bit of seaweed. however, there are plenty of bits which are free from seaweed, sea-level rocks to jump off and and rocky bits to explore. There is also a shallow area for paddling. Access to the house is down a narrow track which you have to reverse up to get out. This is quite hairy in a hire car and we didn't bother: we left the car up at the top of the track, where parking is difficult, although we always found somewhere just a bit further down the road. Cefalu is extremely busy in high season and a nightmare to park and drive in, but we had to do it in order to go the supermarket. I would advise getting as small a hire care a possible.the house was clean and the kitchen relatively well-equipped. It's definitely a beach house rather than a swish villa but was adequate for that purpose. there's no air-conditioning, so you have to be careful about closing doors and shutters in the mornings. You can't really see the sea from the terrace outside the house where you eat and that's the main disappointment of the house, but once you've got used to it you still enjoy the proximity to the beach. having the neighbours walk past every once so often wasn't a problem - they were always polite and respectful (and so were we!).