Although we were in Santa Flavia in November, it was still lovely to be so close to the beach... right across the street.
We arrived just hours after the remodel was finished, and the home was sparkly clean. I was very happy with the communication with our host, who was always quickly responsive and accommodating of a necessary schedule change. A fire was lit in the kitchen Firestove which was lovely on a very chilly night. The bedroom And bathroom upstairs heated quickly as well with the radiator. Our one difficulty was with the somewhat tricky front door lock, but once we figured it out it was no problem.
We chose Santa Flavia in order to explore cefalu ( don’t miss it) and Palermo. We visited relatives in monte maggiore about 90 minutes away so it was a perfect base. We didn’t get to explore much of Santa Flavia, but it did seem the restaurants were quite limited in November. Our host kindly left us provisions just in case.
We were also given great tips and detailed maps for local spots such as groceries, which was very helpful.
The only negative I would report has nothing to do with the host or the accommodation itself, but we were awakened several times by people driving by in cars with misc cranked up very loudly at night, and by an early morning vendor who shouted continuously for several minutes. Not much you can do about that but it was rather annoying.
All in all, we had a very enjoyable stay.