Will I am starting to write I wondering: What can I say about the trip that will not sound like pure marketing material for the place and Alfonsa? To make it short: nothing - it was perfect and just fantastic. But lets go into details The Villa is nothing short but a dream and a place I would move in within a blink of an eye. There is lots of space - we have been only 4 people but it can easily hold up to 8. There are 3 big bedrooms with a bath each. If you ever dreamt about lying in the bathtub and looking on the sea this is the place to do it. Which brings me to the view in general: the location is absolutely marvelous. There is an enormous terrace overlooking the Strada di Messina (the strait between Sicily and South Italy / Calabria) so you can see from Messina town all the way up to Ponte Faro - the most Northeast point of Sicily. All day and night vessels of all sizes are passing by. But our favorite was the terrace up in the first floor next to the biggest bedroom. We have spend every evening there having a drink, playing cards or just looking out on the sea. All of us will keep this in mind forever Needless to say that the whole villa is full of antiques - some that date back to the time when the place was build in 1870. The kitchen is enormous and has everything you need. Outside you even have a pizza oven if you really want to compete with the Sicilian pizza experts. And a Barbecue where you can grill the local Pesce Spada that is being fished in the sea in front of the house in the morning. At 6pm everybody comes together to get the best piece of the fish and then it just takes a little olive oil, lemon and oregano and in 10min you have the best meal possible. And then you go for a night swim into the big pool in the middle of the garden full of palms, lemon and olive trees. Last but not least: Alfonsa. She is everything that makes AirBnB as well as Sicily so special and unique. She is just the perfect host. On the day of arrival she did a tour with us showing us here favorite restaurant (making sure we got a perfect table), places to buy fruit, bread, fish as well as do general shopping. And her favorited beaches - ours was the one right next to Punta Faro where the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian sea come together. She was always highly supportive. She lived during our stay in the little flat next to the garage but offered to move out if she would disturb us (which she did not do for a second - it was actually great to have her around since this is what no hotel will get you - real...