Mariano was brilliant. My flight up from Ushuaia was 15 hours late, so I arrived after midnight. He helped with taxis, sent the maid in late so I could sleep in, and gave me a late check out too! The apartment was perfect for my needs, and the pool area is much nicer than at the few 5* hotels downtown that have an outdoor pool. Ironically the two reasons I chose Mariano's place to begin with were both scuppered...time to use the pool by the loss of 15 hours on my first day; the second, visiting the cat sanctuary in the Jardin Botanico....against massive local opposition the gatos, or mascottas as they're known locally, have been moved out....who knows where to :(
Location perfect for a mooch around Palermo, bus gets you to the bottom of the main avenue from where you can access the metro, or its 8 blocks walk, much nicer in the leafy back streets running parallel to the avenue.