Firstly I would really like to say thank you to Giorgio and Anna (the owners of Casa du Rumanu) for your incredible hospitality. You were both incredibly kind throughout the duration of our stay and your generous gifts of homegrown fruit, wine, cannoli to name a few were very thoughtful - thank you. Giorgio came to the villa each day to clean the pool and outside area which is super clean and a fabulous space for relaxing. The apartment and grounds are so spacious with a outside terrace upstairs and a BBQ area downstairs and the views!!! Simply wow! Etna smoking away on one side whilst the beautiful towns of Castelmola and Taormina can be seen on the other. The villa is about a 15 minute drive from the bottom of the mountain which once you’ve had a couple of goes becomes part of your holiday routine. We went regularly to Taormina and Castelmola in the day and evenings - both are great places with lots to see and do. Giorgio and Sara (the rep who met us at the villa) recommended some great places to eat and visit. We also day tripped a little further a field to Siracusa which was a beautiful little city as well as to a couple of fishing villages along the coast such Aci Castello which were great outings. The villa itself is incredibly spacious and has every amenity you could ask for - it is also sparking clean! Plenty of towels (which were replaced each week by an outside cleaning company) and even beach towels for the pool. We’ve had a great two weeks away with our little boy who is two would like to thank Giorgio, Anna and Sara for helping us to have a great holiday in Sicily! Top tips summed up; try cannoli (beautiful little Sicilian cakes), granite (lemon sorbet which is delicious), the restaurant Chichirichi Restaurant near Castelmola is a fabulous fish restaurant (Giorgio knew we were going and rang ahead without us knowing to reserve us a table with a view), if you have a car and want to park in the car park near the cable car up to Taormina get there before 9am (especially in summer season) as it fills up really quickly and the same if you want to drive to the little beach at the bottom of Taormina (Isola Bella) - you can park on road but will need to be there early for a spot!
Jenny, Adam and Rudy