Amelio is a very nice host and his place has a perfect location between the san marco beach (15 min with the car) and mount Etna. We also visited nearby Taormina but we found it too touristy and not very genuine compare to the villages around Amelio's house. We especially enjoyed the tratoria on the square in linguaglossa and the resturant namned liperius located about 1 km down the road from Amelio's house.