I travelled with my family of 4 adults at the end of September to Sicily and stayed in Rossella's beautiful and well-equipped apartment.

All the communication leading up to the trip was easy and fast. As soon as we arrived, we found parking on the street (something Rossella could suggest for future guests, as we were not sure if we were looking for a driveway) and walked up to the door. Mattia, Rosella's son, met us immediately with a warm welcome and toured us around the entire apartment. Mattia answered all of our questions and showed us how all the appliances worked.

We are from Canada and had a small rental car. The width of the streets in the village are worth noting as it is very tight driving (what we would consider a 1 lane road in Canada is a 2 or 3 lane road in Stazzo!) and completely blind corners, so you have to inch out to avoid getting side-swiped. All drivers traveled at a reasonable speed for the roads, although many locals had doors banged in from minor accidents.

The village of Stazzo was small but hustling with locals and few tourists. The village is a 5 minute stroll down the sidewalk along the sea. It was nice to have a restaurant and a cafe within walking distance. We went to the restaurant twice, and enjoyed it both nights for it's service, atmosphere and other guests that filled its seat. Food was fine, not bad, and not the best I had in Sicily, but good enough to go back twice!

There are a few markets (convenience stores) on the street just behind the apartment, a 3 minute walk, perfect for getting necessities.

There is a bigger grocery store 2.7 km away. My sister and I made a morning of it and ran there one way, went for lunch on a patio on the sea close by, then did grocery shopping, then walked back.

We sat on the balcony of the apartment every day and night and watched the sea and the people.

The apartment is quiet for sleeping and the air conditioning was welcomed.

There are 2 showers and I only showered in the red bathroom. It is quite small, i.e. hard to shave your legs without your head hitting the wall or into the curtain. The hot water was never quite hot, but it was fine considering how warm it was.

We love to cook, and found the kitchen fairly well stocked. They are missing a Chef Knife which would be a good investment!

My Dad, 72, was missing a microwave.

For 4 adults, we would have liked to have a larger coffee percolator, as it took about 30 minutes to prepare enough coffee for the 4 of us, in the 2 small percolators they have. They make incredible coffee! There is also a coffee machine thingy that takes the pods, but we ran out of pods, and we'd much prefer to brew our own.