We really enjoyed our four-day stay at Giorgio’s place - Almadigi - in Fiumenaro. As many people have previously commented, our only regret is that we couldn’t have spent our whole two weeks there!
Giorgio was a great host, communication was prompt and easy, he speaks good English and all the instructions and arrangements for the house were clearly explained or printed out. The house is just as nice as in the photos, though more spacious. The accommodation is a self-contained, free-standing cottage in an open-plan complex of three similar houses, all behind a brick perimeter fence. We had our own gate for access and could easily park beside the house, off the street (the adjacent streets are pretty narrow). The complex was pretty lively with activity from families in the adjacent houses, when we arrived on a Sunday afternoon, but during the week it was blissfully quiet.
The house is spacious, spotlessly clean and modern, we were very comfortable there and could spread out in the different seating areas on the terrace and enjoy the breeze and seas views at different times of day. The house is about five minutes walk to a very low-key and relaxed yellow-sand beach, a great unpretentious place to dip several times a day or walk along in the morning or evening. (September, when we visited was pretty hot and quite humid). The apartment has A/C in all the rooms and screens on the windows in the two downstairs bedrooms that we used. Unfortunately, since my fellow traveller suffers from unwanted attention from mosquitoes, this meant we had to shut up the living area at night, rather than let the lovely breeze from the ocean flow through the house, but it was very comfortable nonetheless, thanks to the A/C.
Everything that we could have needed was available , beach towels - as previously mentioned -were very handy to have, kitchen basics supplied (salt, pepper, some water etc). Any domestic gods or goddesses hoping to have a break from the washing up should however be prepared for the fact that there is no dishwasher, no microwave either but there is a proper cooker with oven, for heating up that leftover pizza. There was a washing machine in the downstairs laundry room; bikes, umbrellas etc - in short Giorgio and his family have really thought through and provided everything you might need for a beach-side holiday and we were still within a short drive to Agrigento, the Valley of the Temples (amazing) and any other sights you might want to see in the vicinity. We would highly recommend Giorgio’s place and already planning to come back again next year!