New house with garden on the beach, at Torre Faro (Stretto di Messina)

The house was perfect for our needs. We stayed for 5 days and everything was excellent. The location was great.

Ho avuto il piacere di alloggiare in questa casa Devo dire eccezionale dalla pulizia alla cortesia Casa completa di tutto e a due passi dal mare Sicuramente ritornerò

Warmly recommended. The house is in a quiet street close to the beaches, tennis courts, cafes and shops, very spacious, well equipped, AC in all rooms and kitchen (four of these altogether), IKEA furniture (in good condition), all as in photos. The kitchen (when we arrived) had bottled water, coffee, tea, oils etc, all bathroom supplies, so we also left a lot of our unused stuff there. The enclosed garden/terrace is very nice, with a high degree of privacy (partly exposed to the neighbouring building, but rarely someone is there). Special treat is the open air shower hidden by the shed (I only used that one). If I try hard to recall something which was not ideal, then I'd say that occasionally we could hear some domestic animals around, but that was all good fun. Torre Faro is a lovely village, bit basic (this is not Tuscany) but very charming. The beaches and the sea are perfectly clean (water may move veeeery fast, watch out if you have children). We were there for two weeks in September, out of main season, hence very few tourists around at that time, must be busier in August. Restaurants are all with brilliant food and very sensible prices, 99% attended by locals. We arrived very late (after 1 am), the property manager waited for us and was pleasant and helpful. She speaks zero English, but we managed to communicate key things. You will not make a mistake if you stay in this property. I can't judge value for money because I did not stay in other places in NE Sicily, but if I visit it again, I will look for this house. Pistachio ice-cream on the square by the church not to be missed. Best granita combinations are coffee/cream and pistachio/strawberry. Messina is half an hour by bus, the University (where I was going every day) is 10min away. Etna is two hours by car, if you can't make that, then at least go to Vulcano island by the speedboat, interesting stuff these vulcanos. Sicily is also a cyclists' paradise (can be bit dangerous, but fantastic scenery).

This is a very nice home. Antonio was available and very prompt to return text messages. He and his family went out of their way to help us in any way they could. We were very disappointed to be unable to stay but as the large kitchen window could not be locked other arrangements had to be made. I’m sure this will be fixed and would happily stay there in the future.