Paola met us at the house and although we don’t speak Italian, Paola was able to explain everything to us. She also gave me her son's number who spoke English fluently so if we needed anything I could call or text him and he could pass the message to Paola. We were made to feel at home and the house perfectly matched the description. It was a great size for my family (2 adults and 3 kids)
The house is located just down the mountain from the walled town of Erice, about 5 minutes drive or 30 minutes to walk. The kids liked the adventure of the walk reaching the Castle in Erice, but it’s a climb so you need to be fairly fit! We found a useful car park (Next to the parking location for motor homes) which is free to park and then you can walk up from there if you don’t fancy walking from the house or paying to park in the walled city. The views from the house are amazing and being up in the mountain cooler at night than if we were staying by the sea.
The only issue we had with the house during our stay was the electrics tripping but it was quickly sorted out with a phone call and directions to fuse box.
It is also about a 20-30 minute drive from Trapani, were you can take a ferry or hydrofoil over to the Egadi islands. It may be useful to know in August that the hydrofoil was very busy and we struggled to get a ticket to go to Marettimo. We did succeed and it was amazing, I would recommend a boat trip around the island as the swimming and caves are breath-taking.
The only problem is that there did not seem to be any all-day parking near the port, however when I ask Paola where we should best leave the car she kindly offered to meet us at 7.30am in the morning, follow us to the port, take our car and bring it back on our return 9.15pm! We felt embarrassed to accept but we did and it took all the stress out of the day.
Paola, her husband and her son, really made us feel welcome in their house and really helped us enjoy our stay. I would highly recommend their house and hospitality.