Stunning, beautiful gorgeous historical apartment in the heart of palermo. Close to shops and restaurants.
The place itself and the decoration are both perfect and the photos on Air BnB are fair.
However we had issues with the cleanliness, there were cigarette butts all over each of the balconies and the terrace and on the ashtray on the table (we don’t smoke so find it extra bad).
Also, the general cleanliness was disappointing and not what you would expect, especially at the price point of this property (we found French fries in a kitchen drawer and the coffee machine was smelly amongst other things) so l found myself cleaning on my holiday.
Most importantly we had an electrical issue in one of the main bedrooms which was an accident waiting to happen - the light switch was constantly shorting and sparking and there was a strong smell of electrical fire. It sounds overly dramatic but we honestly feared there would be a fire that first evening and after spending hours trying to find the fuse box to at least cut the power and get some sleep we were unable to and barely slept due to the fear of their being serious issue.
We contacted the host, who said they would come in the morning, which then meant we had to sleep with the smell and an eye opened the whole night. It was pretty scary tbh.
All of these issues were sorted the next morning (and the individual we dealt with was lovely) but again, at this price point and given the risk this didn’t really cut the mustard.