We had an amazing time in Carmelas beautiful house & garden! :-) Since we took an early flight from Hamburg, we could even check-in a bit earlier and received directions to Acireale from the airport beforehand. Her son Nino took us in and was right away open-hearted and gave us a lot of useful advice on what to see (and eat) in and around the city of Acireale. We enjoyed having breakfast in the morning and some wine in the evening in the nice garden, mostly joined by some funny turtles. The house was very clean and fully-equipped. Furthermore, the house is located very central and it's only about 5 minutes to walk to the city centre and visit places like the dome and cathedral. The walk to the beach is about 15-20 minutes, but I would recommend to check the bus times to go back into the centre afterwards because the walk back is rather hilly and a bit exhausting. But the city of Acireale is very pretty and it is good located to visit a lot of places such as Taormina, Naxos, Etna, Catania and even Syracuse. We rented a car for the week to be flexible, but many places can also be reached by bus and train. At our last day, Nino gave us an exciting tour of his house and showed us for example the ancient wine cellar and the impressive architecture bureau of his father, Vito. All in all, I would highly recommend the place of Carmela, Vito & Nino. Thank you so much! :-)