La Casa di Pippinitto

Casa di Pippinitto is a delightful place - our accommodation was at a citrus fruit farm with oranges and lemons falling off the trees. Our room was spacious, comfortable and a little rustic - like the building. Our host, Cesare, was extremely helpful with local information - particularly if you wanted to avoid crowded tourist places .The breakfasts were outstanding - freshly made omelettes with herbs and cheeses. Oranges were picked each morning and squeezed for breakfast to give the most delicious juice.

Our family had a wonderful time staying at La Casa di Pippinitto. Cesare is delightful, offering great tips (including a fabulous restaurant in town and the gorgeous hillside village where the Godfather was filmed), and the setting is charming. Breakfasts are just incredible - heavenly homegrown orange juice, the most amazing rocket and nut salad with fresh ricotta, scrumptious omelettes, fabulous homemade jams and honey... the list goes on. The rooms are spacious and comfy, with lots of lovely pottery about. It's also excellent value.

La Casa di Pippinitto is an exceptionally beautiful place: birds singing, views of the ocean over lemon trees full of fruit and in the other direction, Mt. Etna. Add to this glorious setting a very comfortable, spacious and clean room with a large attached bathroom, plenty of outdoor space to relax and take in the fresh air and views, and an amazing breakfast, served up by gracious Cesare, who is always available. Be sure to book the guided small group tour of Mt. Etna with local geologist Carmelo (recommended by Cesare) - it was the highlight of our Sicily trip. We shall return!

We saw many wonderful things during our week on the east coast of Sicily but the real star was La Casa di Pippinitto, hosted with relaxed generosity by Cesare. The rooms are spacious, characterful and clean, the air heavily scented with orange blossom and we woke each day in eager anticipation of the glorious breakfasts! Leave space in your itinerary for relaxing in this lovely setting.

This was a very nourishing guesthouse experience. The room was spacious, clean & lovely. The vista of the surronding farm was quiet & relaxing. The included breakfast was exceptionally good (the best that we had in the whole of Sicily). It was a great base from which to visit the summit of Mount Etna (only a half hour drive) & also the stunning amphitheatre in Taormina. The Guesthouse owner, Ceasar, was a particularly genial, thoughtful, helpful & interesting person. Had we had more time in Sicily, it would have been lovely to have returned & stayed longer.