We booked La Mendolilla for 2 weeks to celebrate some family events, cancelled during Covid - so a much awaited holiday, and the first one holidaying with all our extended family, so 10 adults and 5 small children. Its a perfect villa for different families holidaying together, the space is huge, we had the whole villa to ourselves so had plenty of rooms to spread out in. Gorgeous old quirky villa, lovely old furniture and bits and pieces, has a lovely feel to it!
The pool was wonderful for both adults and children - kids do need to be supervised as the pool goes from shallow to very deep quickly but we managed fine. The midnight swims were epic!
The owner was super attentive, popped in daily to check that everything was ok and to check the water levels and the pool, response was super quick to any request, he produced extra sun loungers, fridges, bed linen, etc without delay. and quickly sent someone around anytime there was any minor problem, eg the air conditioning leaking in one room, the extractor fan not working etc.
The kitchen is very well equipped for cooking for large groups, and the local supermarket a 14 minutes drive away. We also found wonderful street markets in various towns where we bought superb fish and veg. The food everywhere was amazing. Fresh figs everyday from the ample supply in the garden was a highlight!
As it was so very hot and we had very small children, we quickly abandoned ides of a trip to Mount Etna, Syraceuse etc, and plan to return another time to do this. What was more doable for us was trips to the beach ( Marina di Ragusa only 15 minutes away and a wonderful beach for kids - water clear and clean and shallow, , and to some of the beautiful and picturesque baroque towns nearby - Scicily, Ragusa Ibla, Modica etc - where we had some lovely meals/ice creams etc
We had hired some cars - 3 in total, but one of our families just used a local taxi to get around, which actually worked fine for them and was probably a lot cheaper than the car hire.
Our evening meals and drinks around the long table outside in the sunset were the best - just magic! Its so very quiet there too - and peaceful - we took the room on the top - and woke to cocks crowing and birds singing - a magical place!