"We had a very pleasent stay in Castellammare del Golfo. The apartment was clean og good, the terrace was very good except the table who was bad (but there was a small table to). A roofterrace with seaview is soon finished!? The apartment had a good location in the centre of town, with low noise. The town itself was nice, with enough of shops and restaurants. There was much traffic as on whole Sicilia. There was possible to walk to the big beach - Playa, about 20 min. walk from the apartment. The sea was nice and warm and some cafes still open during this period - late september to mid october. There was some garbage at the beach, but not really a problem. We couldn't quite understand the garbage system in the apartment, should it have been a better information of this? The owners of the apartment was nice and helpful. There was not wineglasses in this apartment (and not in another in Taormina either). Sicilia is well known for the good wine! We were in Castellammare del Golfo with surroundings, Palermo, Taormina and Agrigento.
Sicilia plus factors: Beaches, food, clima, icecream...icecream...icecream, landscape, people, thermal bath
Sicilia minus factors: Garbage (some place far TOO much -outside public areas), Use of vegetables in food/dinner (the markets was full of vegetables with good quality, some places/small streets with heavy traffic (stress with kids)."