Baite Etna Bottino

Struttura in posizione ottimale per il raggiungimento di qualsiasi posto d'attrazione, che sia la neve o parco avventura. gestita molto bene e dotata di tutti i confort.

Tutto perfetto, ambienti, location, gentilezza al top

Mi è dispiaciuto non potere portare con me il nostro cagnolino, invito la proprietà a rivedere le loro posizioni in tal senso

Il camino, struttura molto accogliente, pulita. Ottima accoglienza

Baite Etna Bottino is a rather remote house. It is build by the grandparents of the current owners (brothers) and their parents still come to visit the house for some relaxation. The house is located up upon a mountain, resulting in great views of the coastline and Catania. In just 10 minutes walking you are in Milo, which has all commodities required (bakery, butcher and little super market). There are some good hiking trails in the area and you can rent a bike in Milo. The hosts (Davide and Dario) are wonderful. Davide took us into Milo on the first day for all our groceries and helped us with our return to Catania. We really enjoyed our stay in the apartment and the garden/pool.

The apartment comes with almost all items needed for your stay (furnace, oven, washing machine etc.). The only thing that was missing was an A/C. However, we went mid summer (end of July, begin of July) and we never felt warm. The mountain weather is cooling and the apartment has plenty of windows to cool down.

Struttura carina accogliente situata in un angolo di paradiso

Our stay was middle of August, when it is extremely hot, so we knew, we wanted to be close to Etna as to have possibility of fresher evenings, which was true for this space. The place itself was very good, it was convenient to park the car inside the property grounds, the property itself is a combination of several units using common shared external area/the small pool. The pool water was very fresh in contrast to the heat during the day. We stayed at the top floor apartment, which had an insect net on one of the larger windows, providing an inlet of fresh air on ongoing basis. The place overlooks green area and it is quiet overall. We also managed to find a supermarket open in Zafferana when most of other supermarkets and shops were closed due to national holidays. It is convenient place to explore Etna, but one needs to have a car to fully appreciate the advantages of this location.

Though the place is in fresher location, August heat during the day was still quite intense. There was no AC or at least a fan in the place to cool it down a bit during the day We used external heavy balcony doors to cut up some of the sun rays hitting indoors if the balcony doors are open. The bedroom on the very top had windows but no insect nets at all.. It was difficult to regulate water in shower - nearly immediate change from cold to very hot was happening. I also did not understand clearly from the initial property description that our unit would be on the top floor and that the only "private" external space in that case would be the balcony. Still, we did use the balcony in the evening and it was really good to have it. We were also a bit unlucky as there was some larger group gathering in the area close to the property for an electronic music festival with an ongoing sound for couple of days, but this is something which is impossible to predict and confirms that this location is appreciated by people looking to unwind and relax.