The photos of this accommodation look gorgeous and the house and gardens more than live up to what is promised. Our expectations were exceeded by all the thoughtful and beautifully presented touches - some local wine and produce to try, even a home made lasagne and some tokens to use at local restaurants and cafes. All the boring things you don’t want to think about like detergents, soaps, shampoo were all provided. We also loved the generosity of allowing us to use their games equipment (the ping pong table was especially well used!) and the equipment in their very well stocked beach shed. Much more environmentally friendly than having to buy stuff that in our case we can’t use at home. The beds were also so comfortable.....
The location is really peaceful, a beautiful house, amazing garden, right next to a stony beach, a lovely village in Finale (with a great sandy beach if you prefer) and despite our woeful attempts at Italian people in Finale were really welcoming and helpful. You can certainly find all you need for groceries or relaxed restaurants in the village but if you want a few livelier days it’s only 15 minutes on the train into bustling Cefalù and only 70 minutes to Palermo.
You could manage without a car as the house is about a 3 minute walk to the train station to get to Cefalu (also has a good beach but much busier) or Palermo, but if you don’t have a car be aware there isn’t a footpath into the village of Finale. We walked it a couple of times ( 15 minutes walking) as the road is quiet but that might not be for everyone. Its probably easier with a car ( about 3 minutes) however and of course then you get to go inland to explore interesting villages. If you are driving there is only one small bend to get to the house that’s a little tricky but it’s manageable.
We could go on, it’s the best AirBnB we’ve experienced and we usually stick to super-hosts! I’m sure Roberta and Giorgio will be super-hosts before long!