My wife and I and our 8-month-old baby boy booked to stay here for 6 nights as part of our first family holiday having spent the previous week on the Sicilian coast in Donnalucata. The views and setting, as well as the wonderfully kind and hospitable Nello & Paula make this place truly exceptional and very special.
There were a lot of mosquitoes and horse flies which made it hard to relax with a baby. There were no problems with mosquitoes or horse flies on the coast and we felt safe and relaxed. The couple in the next apartment warned us as soon as we arrived as they had many bites which made us anxious for our son.
There are two apartments - one has a smaller kitchen space and the other has a larger kitchen with bigger, modern appliances. There are steep stairs going to bed area and stone steep steps to pool. The two apartments are right next to each other.
With the high level of horse flies and mosquitoes, the small kitchen area and steep stairs to the bed and pool sadly made it impractical and very challenging to be here with a baby.
The owners very kindly provided a cot and a high chair attachment before we arrived and on the fourth day, they gave us a mosquito net for our baby although we had already sorted one by then. I do wish they would had suggested that the apartment isn’t suitable for babies. Sadly the owner's husband who was not there in person was rude and unsympathetic to us via Airbnb message when we politely requested to leave after the first night as we were all very stressed and agitated by the mosquitoes. He said no in unkind terms when we politely requested a 50% refund to leave by midday subject to the agreed cancellation terms after having arrived the night before so we could find somewhere more appropriate for our baby boy for the rest of our holiday.
Nello and Paulo were extremely kind and full of care and understanding throughout our stay. Nello gave us food from the land, a bottle of wine and a ride on a quad around Buscemi which we highly recommend. Paulo showed my wife how to cook a simple typical Italian meal which was delicious as well as being very kind to our son.
It would be very useful to have a pack on arrival about the area - i.e. local supermarkets and where to dispose of rubbish etc.
When driving make sure you have GPS for Navigation as the surrounding area’s don’t have any signal. The Property does however have 3G signal.
Thank you so much Paulo and Nello for helping and welcoming us - you are fantastic generous people.