I really enjoyed my stay at Federico's place. The villa was exactly as per the pictures: great swimming pool, great terasse where we enjoyed the view and nice wind protected from the sun heat, great location in the middle of a lemontree field. The kids loved the place and the adults too.

Note that you definitely need a car as this is about 10 minutes drive from the beach (Capo d'Orlando) and you're 5 mins drive away from small stores. Everything you need can be found in Capo d'Orlando, down the hill (restaurants, supermarkets, shoppings, souvenirs). That's a nice little beach resort with nice, calm beaches. Note: those are not white sand beaches, rather small gravels / black sand beaches. Forget about sand castles for the kids. However the water is cristal clear and you litterally have multicolor fishes come and eat in your hand!

The rooms are nice, fresh (even without A/C). All rooms have a roof fan and moskito nets. Two large rooms (one with own bathroom) and two smaller rooms. We were 5 adults and 3 small children and we felt very confortable. There is everything you need (linen, towels, kitchen stuff, swimming things, tennis balls, washing machine, etc.).

The manager was very open to helping with anything we missed (i.e. the large outdoor umbrella that can be seen on the pictures was missing, we mentionned it and the next day he had purchased a new one). While he did not speak English, we managed to understand each other using French, English and the little Italian we understood.

On the downsides: The decoration is a bid old-fashioned but I personnaly enjoyed it: it felt like I was staying at my grandma's place! There were a lot of ants and other insects in the kitchen and on the terasse where we ate, but I guess there is not much that can be done about this, since the house is located in the middle of a lemontree field. Also note that there are two other houses in the same compound, so there is not 100% privacy, as some other cars pass by the house (just in front of the porch) 2-3 times a day. That did not really bother us, but it's good to note for those who'd be looking for total privacy. Also note that the internet is not stellar. It was okay for our relaxed-mood vacation needs, but that was not 100% reliable: you sometimes could not connect at all, or the signal would be quite weak. The owner was reactive and tried to solve the issues quickly, but that was not really within its control.

All in all, all members of our group enjoyed the place and we would warmly recommend it to anyone! And if we ever go back to Sicily, we'd without a doubt chose that place again.