Our stay at Dario`s was one of the highlights of our month stay on Sicily. We regret that we didn`t find it earlier. Cefalu was our last station, but Dario`s place is also a good starting point to visit Palermo. There is a trainstation very nearby, from where the train brings you to Palermo in appr 50 minutes.
Dario`s cottages are in a beautiful citrus orchard at the sea. You can pick the lemons and the oranges directly from the tree.
A sandy beach belongs to the property. Apart from the citruses, that unfortunately not get harvested, Dario grows olives. He gave us a bottle of his oil, which is good. Three times a week a guy with freshly caught fish passes by. What else do you need to prepare an honest fish dish than fish, lemon and oil?
Our cottage was precisely good for a couple, laid out in a personalized way and provided with almost everything one may need, apart from - strange and funny enough-a citrus press:-) As readers we would have appreciated a couple of comfortable chairs with good reading lights. We couldn`t always be outside in the evenings. There is plenty of outside furniture, including comfortable chairs.
We alternated cooking our meals there or eating out in a nearby restaurant (walking distance).
A disadvantage in this time of the year -May- is, that it is rather dark. If it would be our cottage, we would cut some trees around the cottage, also to make a sunny spot around it. On the other hand they may form an appreciated shelter from the heat in summertime.
The cottage was spotless clean at our arrival and we hope that we have left it likewise.
Dario picked us up at a public parking place to guide us to his park. He is overall a very aimable guy, nice to chat with, to play chess with and to exchange experiences as hosts, since we are airbnb hosts as well( paradise/fairytale/miracle in Italy`s green heart). We enjoyed our short stay very well and whenever we return to Sicily, we would go to his place again.