Pamela’s attention to detail is a delight. She has an enviable creative style that captivates and soothes. This artisan cottage is fully equipped, beautifully furnished and cosy, even the hand-wash smells lovely.
In October the cottage is shrouded in woodland (a fruiting fig tree is just a hand reach away), the sun arrives in the cottage garden by 9.30am giving time for a luxuriant lie in. OR if you are a runner you have time to run up to Giblimanna and the Santa Maria Sanctuary church in comfort and arrive back to the pool in full sunshine.
We visited in late October the temperatures were 23/24c. This is Autumn in Sicily! In the UK it is at least 10c lower....on a good day.
We rented a Renault Kadjar (4x4 ish, only 177euros for two weeks) which was a wise decision, not to access the cottage, this could be done with a smaller car, but for the Madonia National Park.
In late October the cottage, quite reasonably, needs the wood fire from the early evening onwards. There is a wood pile and axe to manage kindling, and provide the size of log that works well in the wood burner.
We visited during the Rugby World Cup 2019. My husband was able to watch key matches in the quarter final. Result! I was by the pool and he was very happy!
The silence is blissful. The darkness soporific. There is no light pollution. The birdsong is beautiful and arrives just at the right moment in the morning.