We stayed here (in the Girasole apartment) in late May and had a very relaxing and enjoyable time. The villa is lovely: it is modern, clean and very well looked after; the rooms are large and airy, and our apartment and its beautiful terrace had stunning sea views. The grounds are also super - we enjoyed walking around them, sitting by the pool, swimming in it and just enjoying the peace and birdsong. The photos on the website don't exaggerate: if anything, the real-life experience is even better! Our wonderful hosts (Dario, Nadia, and her father) encouraged us to take fruit from the orchard, so we got to eat fresh grapefruits and cherries every day (and we would have had oranges instead if we'd been a few weeks earlier), and we swam in the pool most days (in spite of it being a bit cold - it is a few degrees cooler than Catania, being in the foothills of Etna). At this time of year (and in August), Etna is quite cloudy during the daytime, but we could see it smoking in the early morning and late afternoon. We could walk into the picturesque village (Santa Venerina), where there was a wonderful shop selling local produce, as well as a supermarket, restaurant, fish shop, butchers, cheese shop (selling ricotta made daily from sheep which grazed in the villa's pasture!), and others; we happily cooked in the villa kitchen most days. It was an easy 20 minute drive to the Giarre-Riposta station, from where we could get trains to Catania or Taormina if we didn't want to drive all the way there (and parking was fairly cheap - just a few euros, but make sure to have coins!), and we could also drive to Etna with ease. One of the days, we took the Circumetnea train around Etna from just next to the Giarra-Riposta station, which was a very pretty journey. (Again, have cash to buy tickets - no cards accepted.) Other days, we just rested at the villa, enjoying the balcony, the grounds, the peace, the views and the sounds. The whole villa and village also felt very safe. We could not have had a nicer holiday, and we would very much like to go back again. We'd highly recommend it.