Thanks for Angela and Peter for their help towards our stay. We enjoyed our stay in Balestrate, the apartment was bright, clean, well furnished, modern and comfortable. The local town has a few good seafood and pizza restaurants and the locals were all friendly and helpful to us. Its a good location for visiting Castellammare del Golfo (by car), we found some great restaurants and bars there, and also Erice, Trapani, San Vito lo Capo, Corleone and Palermo. The train and bus transport links were infrequent from Balestrate and not very useful for us. We may go back to the area, would definitely consider a city break to Palermo - we had an interesting day there visiting the Catacombs, Royal Palace and Cathedral.