It you’re planning to visit rural Sicily and experience the essence of it. This is a great place. If your looking for a base from which to explore Sicily, this isn’t it. Especially off season.
We planned to be here for a few days. San Pier Niceto is my grandfather’s birthplace. We had seven in our party, including a two year old and his seven month pregnant mother.
The accommodations were too much like camping for our group. It rained every morning and was chilly. There’s no phone, no cellular signal, no television, no internet. It was too late in the year to use the beautiful pool.
The rooms are quite nice and comfortable. Each room has queen sized bed and its own toilet and shower. But the kitchen is outside-around the back of the building under an awning. There’s a refrigerator in one of the rooms.
We struggled through two nights. The morning of our second day, my son and I climbed the mountain behind the house. It was a wonderful experience. We saw so much of the flora and fauna, the geography, and the topography we could have stayed for the rest of the week. We discovered so much we wanted to explore.
Unfortunately, our party had already lost patience. The two year old had a mild fever and the pregnant mom was done with the whole experience. My sixty-five year old wife was done too.
To sum up, this was a mismatch for us. My fault entirely. Once I understood where we were, I loved it. But my party wasn’t prepared to embrace it.