We stayed in Paolo’s villa (family of 2 adults + 3 children) for 3 weeks.
Fully equipped villa with very nice pool.
Paolo and his wife Simona are very nice and helpful hosts.
As we were looking for extra air conditioners Paolo was very kind to install such in each bedroom. This was even better as the main one in dining room came out of order and Paolo re-installed that one during our stay.
The villa is located on the top of mountain with fresh air and very nice view. The place is very quiet. Only one evening during three weeks stay neighbors did have late dinner with guests and some guitar music, but that was not a big problem.
There were few shut downs of the electricity as we understood due to heavy utilization (air conditioners, washing machines, etc) – it came back to normal operation automatically in 10-15 minutes.
The distance to the sea/nearest beach is around 15-20 minutes by car on a winding road in Avola city – small and nice town. There are two house restaurants in 2-5 min drive – Santa Marta we didn’t like (high pricing for simple food), but another one (on the main road to Avola) was much better – good pizza and seafood pasta, but again very simple.
Villa is around 1-1.3 hours’ drive from the airport of Catania.
The best supermarket is EuroSpar which big choice. Lidl is also good to take fresh bread and Conad is good for vegetables. There are no good food markets in Avola – few small places with vegetables and fruits (bed quality). Restaurants in Avola are also quite simple. Good seafood/fish market – Via Elsa Morante.
Lido Eden is a good and fully equipped beach – price is 20 euro per umbrella and 2 sunbeds – they can give discount for long stay reserve.
Our strong recommendations for those looking for quiet place in some distance from the sea.