The real strength of La Riviera degli Eucalipti is Claudia and her family: they are incredibly kind and helpful and really committed to their role as hosts.

We had some technical issues, mainly because we stayed at La Riviera in late winter, and Claudia was able to overcome them in 24 hours. The next morning she showed up at our door with a good breakfast as a form of apology.

On our departure her father even gave us a lift to the railway station to get a train to Catania.

More than for the beach, that is accessible through the bowels of a rough cliff, I would recommend it as a perfect base for trips to lovely places such as Taormina, Catania, Siracusa and the South East of the Island, and of course Mount Etna, whose view from the driveway to La Riviera is simply breathtaking.