The location and the beach is just fantastic.
You look out over the small cove, with the sound of the waves gently hitting the beach and with a refreshing breeze. Absolutely fabulous. The small beach is 3-4 minutes walk down a small path. It's not totally private but that really doesn't matter. Boats visit for half an hour and then go off. But the beach was never busy in our whole week there. It was perfect for us.
The house is clean and tidy and well thought through. The kids naturally loved the Netflix. During our week, the water for showers and sinks didn't smell good due to a problem with the cistern - that would be our only negative comment - but Daniel the owner was trying to get that sorted out.
Daniel and Daniela were great hosts, very welcoming and helpful.
The house has access to the beach which was great and is a 10 minute drive to the town centre. There is a nice little supermarket and a GREAT delicatessen just on the outskirts of the main town as you drive in on your left which is perfect for shopping. The old port, Marino Canto, is fabulous and really gets going at around 9-10pm.
You need a car or - even better in our opinion - a moped to get around. We did one boat trip to Salina for the day and that was great. It was organised by Monika (Swiss and English speaking) who looks after the house and her number is on the information sheet. Her husband, Giovanni, owned the boat and was great (no English - which didn't matter).
The walk from the road to house is about 10 minutes and is very very steep in parts. There is a cable car for luggage which helps.
Tom