Carmello and Alessandra were the perfect hosts. We were met and shown around the property at the allotted time. This traditional villa with original features is querky in design with was very well appointed and lovely and cool making it a retreat from the heat of the day. Bedrooms are all of a good size with comfortable beds and the bonus of each one having it's own shower room made for easy living. Each bedroom has an airconditioner. The mature garden is an oasis with a lovely big swimming pool and several quiet seating areas. The property is not overlooked and Mt Etna is clearly visible from the garden. One evening we were invited as the guests of our hosts to an open air grand piano concert which was given by a world renowned pianist. A truly exceptional experience. Trecastagni is a town off the tourist route and has a wonderful authentic feel with a bakery directly across the little street from the villa enabling us to purchase fresh baked bread, biscuits, cakes and pizzas daily. A Co-op is a 5 minute walk away which provided most things we needed during our week's stay. There are multiple restaurants within walking distance that serve delicious authentic local food including freshly caught seafood. The town was celebrating a Festa when we were there and special food, music, parades and church services provided a happy, fun atmosphere with colourful lights. We felt lucky to be among the local population during this special time for them.

Just back from a lovely 10 day stay at this lovely villa in Trecastagni. The villa is a classic Sicilian villa, equipped with everything we needed along with a lovely pool and covered area to sit and eat when it got too hot!All the rooms have aircon but we only had to use it lightly as the villa kept cool during the day (especially when you keep shutters closed during the day).The location of the villa is unbeatable (specially as you have a pool as well). 2 mins walk to fabulous local restaurants and bars. Excellent bakery right outside the villa open from 8am serving lovely pastries and snacks if you don't want to cook during the day! Thoroughly recommend and will be back!

Excellent location and an amazing space to stay. Highly recommend.

The house was cute and clean but unfortunately didn’t meet our expectations. One of my most important requirements when booking our houses while on our trip to Italy was a/c and washing machine. We stayed in 4 total properties while traveling with our family and this was the only one that was a disappointment. We arrived around 10:00 pm on a Friday night and there wasn’t parking near the house. We had to park about two blocks away. When we got to the house and shown around the first thing I noticed was how hot inside the house was. There were 4 total bedrooms and only 1 of the 4 bedrooms had an air conditioner in it which only cooled the one room. There were fans in all of the other bedrooms but no air in the kitchen or living room. The house was an easy 80 degrees inside even at night. The first whole day we were there we left for a few hours and made sure the fans were on in hopes that it would keep the air circulating. When we got home later that day the fans had been turned off as well as the one small mini split in the one bedroom. Super frustrating to know that the home owners came in while we were gone and shut them off. I get that all lights should be turned off while we are gone, we treated every house we stayed in as we would our own home but it was very intrusive to know they came in and turned off the fans and small unit. We definitely would not recommend nor would we stay here again.