Villa Maria Terzita: first floor

The owner of this wonderful apartment/villa in Santa Marina Salina is an equally wonderful lady named Beatrice Gallai, who also manages the lovely place. Beatrice could not be kinder or more welcoming or more helpful. My wife and I have been fortunate to have stayed in many beautiful places all over the world, but our time on Salina was notable because of the beauty of the villa and Beatrice's attentiveness. She truly made us feel welcome and at home and happy.The location of the villa is also unbeatable, a few steps from the seaside promenade and many fine restaurants on the village's lovely main street, Via Risorgimento.

Perfect location, clean and well presented accommodation. An Aelioan style place with a modern twist. Across the road from the beach. Fantastic. Highly recommend.

This was our second two-week family stay (five adults) at Villa Maria Terzita (first was in 2015) -- and we'd happily return. We love Salina's low-key, laid-back atmosphere; and Beatrice has created a really chic apartment which is a great combination of comfort, practicality and style, with a view you can't stop gazing at. The flat feels more like a well-appointed house (you can really cook here) and, space-wise, with its huge terrace and neat rear annex, it offers three couples plenty of room and privacy too. For those who worry about this sort of thing, it is also SPOTLESSLY clean! As well as Beatrice's many thoughtful touches (wine in the fridge; coffee in the kitchen; girly goodies in the bathrooms, etc), since our last stay she has added some ceiling fans which, around the time of Heatwave Lucifer, were appreciated, along with the air-con in the master bedroom. Generally though the breeze from the sea wafting over the terrace is all you need. What hasn't changed is the helpful attentiveness of Beatrice herself (a taxi to meet our hydrofoil; lots of good advice); and she remains the dream landlady who really does go the extra mile. Need a Ventolin inhaler and antibiotics in a hurry (which one of us did for reasons that had nothing to do with being on Salina)? Just ask... Trying (very) hard to think of any downsides, it's worth remembering that on Salina the local council may well wait until summer to do jobs they could have done in winter, so someone might turn up on a Saturday night with a chainsaw to attack the umbrella pine outside the house (2017) or even dig up the road outside (2015). But this is the southern Mediterranean, not northern Europe, and both events made us smile rather than scowl. The most serious inconvenience would have to be... that the line on the reel of one of the two fishing rods in the flat was a bit tangled up and took a while to sort out before we could fish from the back of our rental boat. But then as they probably don't say in Italy: "In ogni vita una piccola pioggia deve cadere..."

Bea not only had a great house but also a great host to help you from booking best restaurants to provide tips to surrounding islands. Her house is very tastefully furnished and decorated and a wonderful view. You just crossed the road from the house and swim in beautiful sea. We loved it and highly recommended! Many thanks Bea