We spent 8 days here in July. Pier & Carmela are excellent hosts and the friendliest people one can imagine. We were greeted with wine, cake and lovely hospitality. Anything we would need, they could help us with.
The house is very cute, has all necessary amenities and is situated in beautiful surroundings. The garden area has a barbecue (which we did not get around to using but was readily available), lots of sun beds and chairs and, best of all (in our kids’ opinion) features quite a few friendly cats including kittens. The walk down to the beach area takes only a few minutes along footpaths and is very convenient. The beach itself is great as well. Made of rocks it allows for great swimming, snorkeling, boating, and so forth. The view above and below water is picturesque and we enjoyed a great summer holiday with daily swimming and sun soaking. There’s also a beach bar down there which we mostly used to purchase ice cream but there’s food and drinks available there, too.
What can be said is that the road from Porto Santo Stefano over to Le Cannelle features stunning views across the sea, as you go up and down along the coast to quite some heights. You want to be sure you feel comfortable driving on a somewhat narrow road. That being said, there is not a lot of traffic and people look out and drive safely. We went back and forth for shopping at the supermarket a few times but mostly we stayed at the beach and the house.
Overall we love the place and the hosts and hope to come back next year.