Peaceful, beautiful, comfortable. When we arrived, everything was squeaky clean, practically new-looking, and the cots for our one- and three-year-old kids had already been made up. We spent many lovely days just hanging around the pool (aided by the generous supply of towels and stretchers) but there were plenty of places to go within a 30 minute (car) radius: Taormina, beaches, a drive up the Etna for wine / honey tasting. Great beds, good shower.
To us, this part of the accomodation (the 'stone home') was ideal; a view on Etna from your breakfast table, privacy (i.e. our screaming kids couldn't wake up anybody) and it was the 'furthest' (about 30 meters ) from the swimming pool, so our toddlers couldn't get there unnoticed.
Placido was a great host, responsive and quick to fix anything that needed fixing (which wasn't much).
If we get to go to Sicily again, we will definitely stay here again.