We stayed at Marta's place end of September 2017 and really liked our time there. The house is big enough, clean and have all necessary equipment. The yard is cozy, green and spacious. Our little daughters liked playing in the yard, watering the plants and bathing in the kids swimming pool that the hosts kindly gave us. We very much enjoyed eating and spending time otherwise on a house terrace, which is rather spacious. There is also a convenient BBQ. We didn't like the hight chair much (hosts warned us that this is attached to the table) but this was ok. The house is situated within 10 min walking distance (given a minor slope) from the sea beach in a slightly detached area, which is quite and peaceful.
We didn't meet Marta in person but rather met her father Fabio, who is a friendly and helpful person. We were late (had to wait for the car for 2-3 hours) but Fabio waited for us and welcomed us with a smile, offered refreshing drinks, showed us around the house and the yard. Fabio also showed us a local restaurant and a shop, and brought a bigger coffee pot (the one in the house was too small for our big family:) next day as promised. Unfortunately, Fabio doesn't speak English, so be prepared to communicate either in Italian or using the sign langue. This isn't a big problem, but just smh to keep in mind. That said, written communication goes smoothly through Airbnb app that translates it quite decently. Fabio was responsive and helped us with our questions.requests. There was a heavy rain one day and water started coming into the house under the window frames, we had to collect it to prevent it coming to the hall, we wrote to Fabio and he came to fix the frames in due course.
This was our first time in Sicily and we liked it very much, the place was perfect to stay with small kids. The sea was very clean and warm, we also liked the sand on the beach. It's a quite location to spend quality time with your family, not much to do if you are after loud parties, fancy restaurants etc. There are plenty of interesting and beautiful places around within a short driving distance. I would say that if you want to be more or less mobile (see some sights, buy some food) you are better off renting a car. There is a nice cafe / restaurant which is impossible to miss if you go to the see, everything was tasty there. Keep in mind that end of September is the end of the season, at least this year (the beaches closed the day before we left) , there may be some rains as well, however the the sea was still quite warm and one could swim.
Arrividerci!