We loved our stay at Federica her place.
The location of the house is the best of the town! For us the best thing about it was when getting up and opening the front door, seeing the beautiful bay on the left and on the right there was the beach.
Make sure you see the sun rise at this place!
The house was very nice and clean and had everything we needed.
Federica was always there when we needed and was were very flexible with check- in and out.
She also arranged us a transfer to the airport at 6 in the morning.
Communication was very good and fast. She even came to help us within half an hour when we had a question about the kitchen 😅
We did not have a car and tried doing everything by train. The station of Santa Flavia was a 25 min walk. Tickets were cheap and it was easy getting to Palermo and Cefalù by train.
Small tip: Use the App of Trenitalia when buying your tickets the day or a few hours before.
Super market was a 5 min walk and had everything we needed.
We bought some fresh fish at Pescheria Mare Blu da Antonio on a 15 min walk. Very good!
We really loved our trip to Cefalù. It’s the most beautiful town.. recommend! Also sunset at Cefalù beach is breath taking.
We also took a little trip to Palermo. A lot of different vibes there but the cultural treasures are a must see.
Further more we really enjoyed being at Sant Elia. We took a lot of dives from the cliffs at the little bay, swam around the bay on to the beach and enjoyed swimming and looking at all the fish.
Make sure to bring water shoes and maybe some snorkel gear. There are a lot of rocks in the water. Water wasn’t really deep unless you went further into the bay or the sea.
The beach bar Il Nodo was also very nice. We had a lot of cocktails and enjoyed sitting there when getting of the beach.
We liked the fact that the neighbourhood was not too touristic. Mostly day tourist that wanted to see the bay and Punta Sant Elia.
The locals were nice and there was a good vibe.
We went in September when there were a lot of festivities for the local sant.
We woke up from some big bangs at 7 a.m. when they were testing the fire works. And twice they were lighting the fire works 25-50 meters from the house.. It looked nice but at times there was a lot of noice from neighbourhood and the festivities.
At the last evening of the festivities the whole community, yound and old, came together around Sant Elia for celebrating with music and fire works.
It was nice to see but we wish we knew it in advance.
Also we would love to see the community taking care of this place. At times there was a lot of trash at the beach, Punta S. Elia, the beautiful bay and the sea.. also after the festivities we were a bit sad about all the trash from the fire works that went into nature and the sea..
This beautiful place on earth deserves to be taken care of. When taking care, we are sure it will get even more tourist to see and experience this place.
Apart from this we really enjoyed our stay there and had everything we needed. It is a truely beautiful place and our stay made us really happy!