Elisa and Andrea are absolutely lovely hosts, incredibly helpful and nice. They came to greet us to the airport and help us to find the apartment as there was a festival in place on the day making travel difficult. They also gave us a two page-long description of what we can (and should) do in the area!

The apartment itself is very nice, as it is on the pictures. It is very cheap in itself - however, it is an absolute amust to have a car as the connections are quite complicated and poor (and public transport in AUgust at least quite unpredictable with festivals popping up here and there). The apartment is in the region of Acireale but not in the town Acireale itself but in a village called Stazzo. So that would increase the overall cost.

The sea is very close and there is easy access to it. However, other than this the village offers not much else really and the locals were nowhere near as nice as our hosts. So, again, car is an amust.

(There were some bizarre neighbours who started to play karaoke at 11pm and until 2am, using microphone and amplifier. As much as we love Italian music, this wasnt entirely welcome on our part:))