This is a beautifully maintained farmhouse in a lovely rural location. There's a stunning view from the terrace over the Cava D'Ispica - cave houses and ancient catacombs carved into the rock face that are definitely worth a visit. Very simple but atmospheric and you can get right in and pretend to be your very own ye ancient troglodyte. You will need a car to make the most of the location though as we didn't see any public transport. We also weren't sure how to describe the location to a taxi driver so one night, wanting to have dinner in Modica, we went to the local, rather isolated but swish, spa hotel 10 minutes walk down the road to order one from there with the help of the nice receptionist. Modica is about 10-15 minutes by car, Ragusa is about 30 minutes.
The family who run the air bnb are lovely, very welcoming, and were very accommodating about our late arrival after getting lost in our hire car. I don't think they actually live in the house, it has the feel of a much loved holiday home. They don't speak great English and we don't speak much Italian but we managed very well when we met them with the help of a bit of smart phone translation, and the online and text communication pre-visit was good (in English) and prompt.
The house is very well equipped and we really appreciated the wide range of basics they left out for cooking (oil, herbs, balsamic vinegar etc) as well as a bursting fruit bowl, coffee, local pistachio sweet treats and pastries. The bathroom is also well stocked with necessary and emergency items and there's even an iron and board supplied. They also made sure we had charcoal for the BBQ and there were a couple of guide books and maps around the place too.
There is a friendly little Tabac 10 minutes walk down the hill, next to the entrance to the caves, that sells cured meats and cheese, pasta, wine, water etc.. even toothpaste, but no fresh milk or uncooked meat so you need to stock up pre-emptively if you need those items.
Not a downside but something to be aware of is that it's a bit exposed on the hillside so does get a bit chillier in the evenings (early May) than other sheltered areas of the island. There was only one heater (that we could find) so we had to relocate it upstairs at bed time, but I'm sure if we'd have asked they would have magicked up another one for us. And the Wifi doesn't really work. But that was a bit of a blessing really!
We were sad to leave and wished we'd booked more time there to explore the area more. Would go back in a heartbeat.