We had a lovely stay at Marias place. The communication went, thanks to google translate, well. She informed us about upcoming guests in the other apartment etc. The house is wonderful and spacious. A bit cold in the October nights, but there are enough blankets to help with that! You really do need a car to get around. The garden looked beautiful, but bug attacks in the late afternoon (mainly mosquito's) prevented us from hanging around too much. It coud have been the season (early October) and/or it is part of Sicily anyway. Come prepared!
Maria and her husband are extremely nice and spoiled our 4 year old a couple of times :). They also provided us with (beach) toys to play with.

For people with children: we searched for nice places to take our kids to. A little further, in Nizza di Sicilia (a 15-20 min drive?) there are nice playgrounds! The beach is great, though the current can be rough for young kids. There is plenty to see and do around San Alessio Siculo, we spent more than a week here and weren't boren yet!
All in all we loved starting our one month Sicilian holiday here and we always will have fond memories to this place!