This place was a real find. If you want to get away from it all and stay on an authentic old Sicilian masseria in beautiful countryside then this is the place for you. The place is huge with every facility you could want and lots of basic provisions provided. We were met by Gabriele's lovely parents , Guiseppe & Emmanuela and communication by phone/text to check everything was ok for us and to recommend places to visit was perfect. The setting is lovely with amazing views. We completely fell in love with the dog and cats and loved the sight of the many bees drinking at the courtyard fountain (though do take your insect repellant when you go to Sicily for the biting bugs!). The local town of Mazzarino is very pretty and worth a visit as are the fabulous mosaics near PA; other places including the coast are reachable but do require a bit of a drive. We followed our stay here with 5 nights in Taormina and there couldn't have been a bigger contrast in terms of being off then on the tourist trail, overall I liked the combination of the two places, if was going again I'd probably add on a couple of nights in lovely Syracuse as well having visited it briefly at the end.
In summary, for us it was a great place to stay as part of our Sicily experience.