The Villa is more like a large, beautiful Italian house. Maurizio is a very good host, and offered to do the big shop before we arrived, which was very helpful - Grazie! The pool is fantastic and a really good size. The outside seating area was lovely as covered from the sun - and the surrounding gardens are pretty. The bedrooms are large and roomy some with private balconies - although some seating on the balcony would be nice to appreciate the sea views. The lounge area is very grand and spacious. The kitchen we would describe as adequate, as a little small for large groups, as was the BBQ area - which is a little closed off from the gardens. But the oven is nice a big, and it is possible to cook for large numbers. Lighting surrounding the hot tub area could be improved as a little dark at night.
For us, the motorway noise was an issue for some members of the party as this is adjacent to the fencing by the pool area, and even overnight it is still very noisy. However, some of us did close off to it over time.
For us the location was a little disappointing, the beach near to the villa has no parasols or beds, or any bars/restaurants, and obviously taking a picnic would get pretty sweaty after an hour in the heat!
The village has a nice supermarket and the staff are friendly, there is a local patisserie near by, which sells delicious gelato, and pizza, but other than that, there is nothing much around to enjoy. We did drive into Messina which has a nice square with cathedral, and has a few bars/restaurants and shops. We hired a boat in Milazzo which was good fun, but the town itself has little in the way of bars/shops on the sea front (unless we were looking in the wrong place)
You definitely need a car to stay here, but driving among the Italians is an experience! - Good luck !!