As we saw the pictures of Villa Pioppi on the website it was love at first sight. But as we arrived at this wonderful place it felt even more perfect! Villa Pioppi is a comfortable little cottage between olive trees and fruit-bearing trees. It's terrace is quite big and overlooking the Ionian See. We enjoyed each and every breakfast sitting there and were thrilled to have found this piece of paradise. The amazing pool was quite a relief for our sons and us in these hot summer days. We helped ourselves with the fruit offered in this Garden of Eden and fresh eggs from Orazio' s hens. Also the barbecue area was fantastic and we often grilled "involtini" amd swordfish. The hospitality of Andrea and his parents Loredana and Orazio was great. We could ask them everything and we got every advice we needed. Their homemade oliveoil is wonderful and the tomatos, eggplants and peppers tasted more than fine. Thanks again for the invitation to the original sicilian family lunch - we enjoyed every minute of it! It was really hard for us to leave after eleven awesome days, but we will be back for sure!!! Greetings also to Brando, the cute dog of Andrea's family. Tobias really fell a bit in love with him... Vi abbraciamo!!! Karin, Michael, Paul & Tobias