If you are looking for the perfect place to call home for your holiday you have found it !!
We spent 2 days looking at booking.com / Expedia / Airbnb etc and then we found this place. It was incredible !!
Gianluca greeted us in the evening with open arms when we arrived late to check in. He brought us to our apartment overlooking the ocean - walked us through and showed us everything we need to know. He also pointed out the incredible “mini bar” that is stocked full of 8 bottles of white and red Italian wine to compliment the fridge full of 4 bottles of champagne and Prosecco you can purchase for VERY reasonable prices.
A welcome food dish was a welcome surprise a few minutes later from his highly rated authentic Italian restaurant that is on the bottom floor of this 4 storey building by his family. This was so tasty we ended up rushing downstairs after an all day train ride to have a wonderful dinner. Over our time here we ate at their restaurant multiple times and when we wanted to relax in the incredible lounge they would even bring up our dishes one by one (as if we were sitting downstairs In the restaurant) while we netflixed and chilled for a comfy night in.
The couch by the way is dangerously comfortable and I often fell asleep to a movie and slept till the next morning :)
The apartment is amazing with great air conditioning and extremely fast internet which was important to me as I work online. I would start my day going onto the balcony to work on my laptop. There is an extendible roof that you can retract when you want to sun bathe on the balcony and put back if you want some shade and enjoy a bottle of wine from the wine fridge provided.
When you are ready to leave there is a cable car right outside your door across the street which will take you down to isola Bella and the famous beaches (3 euro and is about every 10 minutes).
Along with the beaches you will find great diving and some fun bars.
A 3 euro trip back up lands you right back at your front door where gianluca will often usher you in for a taste of Italy on your way back up the stairs (one of the nicest men I have met!!)
When you want to explore Taormina you simply take a left turn from the steps down from your home and 3 minutes later you are at the start of the town center.
Having said this - we found it hard to leave because you really have everything right here!!
Gianluca organised taxi for us , food , day trips and whatever we needed and introduced us to his whole family which are at the restaurant almost every night !
Oh yeah - and there is a washing machine in the apartment also which meant we didn’t have to waste time taking clothes to a laundromat or paying expensive hotel fees.
We feel like family here and it is SOOO hard to leave. We have been travelling for the last 5 years and this was one of our best experiences ever.
Words can not describe.
Thankyou to everyone here that made this so special!!!