My family (me, my wife and 2 children of 7 & 9 years old) from Holland stayed for 17 days in Giuseppes house at the beginning of the summer holiday.
The communication with Giuseppe was good (fast and clear reaction). We were welcomed very nice by his sister and mother who even brought us some groceries. When we arrived there was a problem with the key to the gate of the residence, but that was fixed very fast, super!
It was very nice that we could stay until 13:00 on the day of departure, so we could go to the airport immediately.
The house is very nice (good size for our family) and as described.
Plus:
- airconditioning (which we only used some time, before we went to sleep).
- nice terrace with big garden (there is some shelter to the sun).
- the bed was good. The sofa bed also slept ok.
- nice that the house has a freezer (fot the icecreams and limoncello :-) ) , a washing machine (so you don't have to take a lot of clothes with you) and an oven.
One small minus was that (probably because of the period of summer holiday and especially in the weekends) it wasn't quiet early in the morning and late in the evening. Kids were playing and talking loud until midnight. Unfortunately also the people in the house above us made quite some noise early in the mornings (7:00).
The residence is very nice (clean and the residence gate makes you feel safer) with the swimming pool (open (9:00-13:00 and 16:30-19:30 I think) and the garden(/playing area for the kids). It's great that the nice Fondachello beach is only about 10 minutes walking. The beach is not crowded and the water is clear. The Venice beach bar/restaurant offers good deals with panini's, chips, sodas, ice creams, granite, beers (I especially like the Birra Moretti a la Siciliana!) and wines. Nice people there.
Outside the residence there is (next to the beach) not a lot to do, but Mascali is a good location to visit the cities of Catania and Taormina and to go to the great Alcantara Gole (recommended!!) and the Etna. If you want to drive further (1,5 - 2 hours) you can also visit Syracusa, Noto and Cavagrande (with the beautiful Pantalica).
Giuseppe, thank you very much, you were a great host! We had a perfect holiday!!!
Saluti!!