We spent great summer in Sicily at Pierluigi's summer house. The house is located in reserve close to Katania. Due to that it's really calm place.
Pierluigi and his Father are great hosts and were really helpful at any ocasion. He gave us really warm welcome at arrival.
In Via Campo di Mare we also met a lot of really friendly local people :-)
It takes just 4 min to get to the beach with a view on Etna. You will find a lot of place on the beach, as there is not much tourists.
At the house you can find umbrella or sunbeds if you like.
Just around the corner you can find small shop/bar, where you do some small shopping or eat pizza (another one with some fruits/vegatables is located on the main street).
Due to the fact that house is located around 8km from Katania car is helpful. Of course if you're not affraid of Sicilian crazy traffic ;-)
Otherwise close to reserve, on main street, you can catch a bus. It goes quite often, but don't look at schedule :-)
The only downside of the place is that there is no WiFi due to reserve limitations. Mobile internet works also really poor. Good detox from technology ;-)