Villa dei Marchesi Carrozza

Dear Roberto, thank you for the fantastic stay! We all enjoyed it very much and hope to see you in the future again. We loved your breakfasts and garden/pool... excellent stay! Thanks!

We originally booked 2 nights, but decided to take an extra night. Villa itself is very authentic, you can feel the history surrounding you. HOST. Best thing is the host - Roberto, who is very genuine, warm, friendly and has good vibe aura. He gave very good recommendations about places to see around, booked a tour for us to Etna and gave best advice where to eat (Aloha Mare - amazing authentic sea food place). Roberto knows many people and can provide discounts for your tours, so don't be afraid to ask him for recommendations! BREAKFAST. We were surprised to receive non traditional breakfast - no scrambled eggs or pies as it is kind of common in Italy. Instead we got two plates of various meat, cheese and sweets. It was amazing to have regional goods and taste journey for breakfast, especially with fresh red orange juice. ROOMS. Though villa has authentic beds, chairs, paintings it has modern necessities as AC, good mattress. Everything was clean and tidy. Old doors do not give good noise cancelations, but replacing them with something new, probably would ruin the authenticity. You may feel as marquize yourself, when you relax in historic room. During our stay we had a small problem with electricity, due to rail works, circuit safety switches kept poping out, but Roberto would efficiently come back to villa in 10min to turn them on. After couple times, I asked whether I could turn them back instead of him going back and forth to villa. He let me in to private quarter and showed me where to turn on the switches. It is just another example of trustworthiness of the host. If we ever return to the east cost of Sicily, we will definitely come back to villa. Grazie mille Roberto, you are a true host! P.S. there are small turtles on the property, take few strawberries from breakfast and feed them, they are very cute!

The host was very helpful and kind. The Vila has everything you need for calm and relaxing vocation. Enjoy it!

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Everything. Our host was excellent and accommodating. He showed us around and explained all features of the property. He sent us a list of great restaurants and places to visit around the location. And the gardeeeeeen was amaziiiiiiiing !

We absolutely loved staying at the Villa Carozza. Our Host Roberto was in good contact before we arrived and was really flexible when we had to change our dates. He met us on arrival and had the room ready early in the morning - which was huge btw. The place is a lovely rustic old mansion which a very elegant entry way through a gate at the bottom of the garden, and judging by some drone footage I took it's the oldest building in the area. The villa has a lovely big garden, a cute pool to relax in, a sunbathing area, outside tables... oh and a chicken coup. Roberto is a really lovely guy, he made some great suggestions for where to eat nearby and also further afield. We went to two places on the beach that he suggested, both we brilliant, he also suggested we go and visit the village of Savoca, which is gorgeous, and some of the Godfather was filmed there. He's a font of local knowledge and clearly takes his business as a host seriously. Roberto made a very generous breakfast each morning of cold cuts and cheese, yoghurt, fresh coffee, juice – I'd call it an extended continental breakfast and it kept us well stuffed to go out and explore.

The general vibe of the place is rustic I would say, and while we really enjoyed this and kind of expected it, I think it could be a surprise if you arrive expecting it to be modern and everything in brand-new condition. It's not, and I think it's fairly reflected in the price as it's the best value we could find this end of Sicily. I am honestly struggling to find fault with the place but if I had to, the only things that might affect your stay are the noise of the railway line across the road ( trains are very infrequent though and the plot is very well secluded by the surrounding trees. Oh and the doorknob fell off! lol. Seriously, this is great place to stay with bags of character. It was like being in our own homely villa and we will definitely be coming back.

The Villa was top notch, the breakfasts were excellent and the host could not of been more accommodating and even acted as a taxi service for one of our tours. The most freiendly and relaxing place I have ever stayed and I have been around a bit.

There was nothing about the place or the host that you could dislike. Great bloke who could not do enough for you. I would advise anyone to visit the place and this accommodation.

Amazing beautiful Villa ! Amazing garden , it is very comfortable and big spacious rooms . We loved the breakfast, amazing !

Can be a bit noisy. There is a train station close by , also a rooster behind the house .

Very atmospheric and historic villa, especially when you like a non standard hotel. Beautiful garden, a nice pool, chickens and a few turtles, which our kids loved, wonderful breakfast and excellent host! Will recommend!