Thank you for the wonderful stay!
We spent 8 days at the middle-end of March in this beautiful house, working remotely for the first few days and sightseeing later.
The best thing about working from here was the stunning view out to sea from the balcony. Nothing better than starting up the Bialetti and sipping coffee looking out at the water! Most blissful working environment we've ever experienced.
The place is also very close to a coastal path/ nature reserve, which is a fabulous setting for a pre-work walk.
The internet was OK for 2 people to work, with a couple of timeouts. We couldn't have our video on for conference calls. (If you require a 100% flawless connection, this probably isn't the place for you. Download 12Mbit/s, upload 2Mbit/s, ping 40ms on average during our stay). We were able to use a phone hotspot - good 4G connection - as a backup, which worked great!
Christina is a wonderful host, super helpful whenever we needed anything. Like firewood for the very cosy fireplace.
Acireale itself is really beautiful,with some great restaurants and cafes, in addition to many old churches. Best of all it felt very un-touristy.
We were able to get to the place from Catania Airport by public transport in about an hour. Acireale train station is approximately 20 mins walk away from the house. Christina also has a list of good taxi services who can get you to the house from the airport in 35 minutes. We used Sebastian's taxi on our way back - he was very good.