The stay here was more than a highlight of our vacation in sicily. We were shown what sicilian hospitality truly stands for !!
The property is simply gorgeous and the pictures don´t even come close to do it justice, because you can´t really see the beautiful outside views of the surrounding sicilian hills with the olive tree fields planted down the hill the house is located on and around it. It was real authentic sicilian beauty! The rooms and private bath were perfect for us, everything was very beautiful and clean, it was very comfortable to sleep and to spend time inside.
Although the inside and the outside of the house/olive farm were so beautiful, they were nothing compared to the extremely generous, friendly, fun and kind hosts we had the honour of spending the evening with.
My girlfriend and I like to cook, so we gladly booked the sicilian cooking course and because its sicily and you´re literally staying at an olive farm we of course booked the olive tasting aswell. Antonio couldn´t be there, because of a family emergency, so his parents jumped in and mastered erverything flawlessly. And let me tell you, you get every last cent worth and more! These guys put so much effort into what they do and you will notice the minute you walk into the door. The olive tasting ONLY costs 10€ per person, you get to try like 4-5 different kinds of olives (a plate each!), different kinds of bread spreads made of olives, their own olive oil and other selfmade antipasti, all of them as fresh as can be and they´re all sooo delicious!! The same can be said about the cooking course (also only 30€), pretty much all the ingredients of the 3 dishes we cooked and ate together were grown by themselves in the garden outside. They showed us everything we needed to know and explained everything really well. The food was simply amazing !!! The three meals we had - Spoiler-alert, although they do switch around: Caponata, pasta alla norma and ghiotta - were the best meals we had in sicily on our whole trip !!! No wonder, what could possibly beat homecooked meals by a sicilian nonna and her husband, the restaurants didn´t have a chance. They´re also such nice people, we had a lovely evening we spent with them, although there was an age difference of 30 years more or less, we didn´t feel it, they really stayed young and passionate about everything. They also sell their own olive oil, which I will happily buy and get shipped to my hometown once the olives are ripe and can be picked from them, I can´t wait.
We recommend this place from the bottom of our hearts and are forever thankful to Antonio and his family !
Baciamo le mani !