It was a true privilege to be able to spend three days in this villa. We were welcomed by Signora Rosa, who made the cleaning of the house carefully and showed us around. We were hosted on the ground floor of the villa, where we had a bedroom for us and a bedroom for our daughters, a washroom with conveniently located separate showers, a very well equipped kitchen and a spacious hall-dining room. What is truly remarkable is that the furniture is all originals, along with the tiles on the floor, different in every room. At our arrival, inside the house, we found fresh fruit and flowers in vases, and this made us feel very welcome and....special. Blankets were immaculate, and so were the towels. And Vivi and Peppe were kind enough to provide us all the necessary for having our first breakfast and to put in the fridge some bottles of fresh mineral water for us. The space outside is huge, with trees dating back to the XIX century, and you can have breakfast in the garden while staring at the sea. But what makes this place really unique is the garden at the back of the house. It has a rectangular shape, a private entrance through a gate, and the perspective is magnificent, with 12 azure, square based columns leading to a circular fountain and a coffee house at the end of the garden. Roses grow between and around the columns, while wisteria is found in abundance at the end of the path leading to the fountain. And yes, we were lucky enough to see the wisteria in full blossom, having been there in early April. The style of the garden reminded me Villa San Giorgio in Taormina by the English architect Charles Robert Ashbee or Casa Cuseni that belonged to Robert Hawthorn Kitson, a British painter, also in Taormina. And it is not surprising to find such a garden here because of the role that British families like the Whitaker, the Hopps, the Woodhouse and the Ingham had in growing and making Marsala wine the alternative to Porto wine all over Europe. Over the columns are old palm trees and orange trees, with their scent of "zagara" that is so typical of Sicily. Vivi and Peppe joined us on Sunday and they could not have been more gracious hosts, showing us the rest of the villa and the house in the garden where they stay if the villa is occupied by guests. We were sad to leave and we are already looking forward to spending more time in Spagnola!