After our long term booking at Taormina was cancelled on us due to the town's lockdown for the G7 meeting we chose Francesco's place as our base for touring the Mt Etna area. His mother was a wonderful hostess and very helpful with travel tips for the area. In spite of our minimal Italian. There was on site parking for our hire car and the road outside lead straight up to Mt Etna. We took the cable car up, and then 4wd bus and guided walk. We also recommend visiting Gole dell'Alcantara which is on the north side of Etna.