We stayed the whole month of August in this beautiful apartment for a mix of vacation and work. The apartment is part of an older housing structure in the middle of a huge orchard with lemon, mandarin, olive and other fruit trees. Filippo and his wife Ornella were very warm and welcoming and showed us the modern and recent renovated apartment where a nice bottle of Sicilian wine waited for us.
The terrace seemed larger than in the pictures and the view was stunning, even though we were prepared for it (it was the view that initially caught our attention). The view was amazing, every day, until the last day. At night you can turn on floor-mounted floodlights and this makes the terrace magical. There are large banana trees on either side of the terrace for a nice tropical feel.
The first weeks we plucked and ate fresh figs from the small orchard right next to the appartement and in the last week we would eat the nice sweet grapes growing nearby.
We cooked more ourselves than eating out and the kitchen was well equipped for this with a nice big fridge and freezer. The whole northern coast of Sicily is easily reachable from here by car (we brought our own car) and the highway to the southern side starts nearby.
A 5 minute drive away there was a public and some private club beaches with a fee for a quick swim to cool down. But of course there are beaches (both rocky and sandy) everywhere if you start driving along the coast.
A 10 minute drive away was also one of the greater archaeological sites of Sicily (Solunto) with unexpected wide views from Palermo all the way to Cefalu.
When we need a break from our busy lives in the future this will definitely be one of our options to go back to!