Just back from a week at this spacious unique villa in Praiola with 4 double bedrooms all with ensuite. 40mins drive from Catania airport so car hire is a must as it is quite secluded. Need the host to send googlemap actual location as just putting in villa praiola actually takes you down the hill and to a complete seperate place!
Perfect for our group of 4 adults and 5 children (9,7,6,6,2). Our flight arrived in the evening late, but the owners met us and ensured they showed us around personally. There was a lovely suprise fruit basket as well as some drinks in the fridge, expresso coffee pods and biscuits to get us started. Owners helped us find a local takeaway before it closed so our group could eat (again car is a must to collect). Villa had plenty of towels and there were some fab minature toiletries available and robes.
April 9th-16th. Quite chilly in the evenings but the villa has heating. Warning! The pool had no heating and it was far too cold to get in but the hotub was nice. Not quite what the kids had in mind for a swim but it is not quite summer yet. Just like british weather really but a lot dryer.
Had the villa serviced mid point which was nice. Also has hairdryers so no need to bring.
Might not be great for anyone with mobility issues as the villa is actually the whole top floor of the villa at the top of the flight of stairs, not the complete villa as assumed in the pictures. The ground floor is lived in by someone else who has a dog.
Only thing I would say is that it might be better to have bigger waste facilities for the villa in the kitchen other than the serval caddy sized ones which gets full from a pizza box for example!
Absolutely fantastic views of Mt Etna from the villa with a breakfast outdoor terrace (which we never got to use as it was too cold), no noise around whatsoever, a truely unique, wonderfully enclosed, safe, sicilian home.