I stayed at this Airbnb for 25 nights between February and March, 2022 and it was an excellent experience. The apartment is pretty neat. It is located in a desirable part of Palermo Soho with tons to do in terms of food, drink, and music in every direction.
The streets are always buzzing but, to get to this apartment, you sort of retreat into a hidden part of the block. There is a gated entrance off of Armenia to a long outdoor hallway. At the end of that hallway, you already feel pretty secluded from the hustle on the street but then, you open a door to your own private “courtyard”. Walk up some stairs, and you’re there.
The doors and windows in every room provide plenty of light and ventilation if you so desire (there are outdoor shutters if you’re looking for darkness) and plenty of plants growing along the outer walls giving you a pretty relaxing sound as the wind blows or when it’s raining. Opening the window in the kitchen looking out to the plants, sitting on the barstool, while reading and drinking a morning coffee was a favorite. I actually got to see a hummingbird nest with to baby birds grow up and leave the nest which was cool. Ah, they grow up so fast :p
Tea and team are incredibly responsive and legitimately seem to want you to enjoy the space and the city. That desire is noticed through many details such as check in messages, welcome snacks and drinks, among other things. For long stays, they get you a fresh set of linens once a week and a light cleaning every two weeks. They are really communicative and try to work around whatever is most convenient for you when possible. I threw a couple random questions their way about the city which they were kind enough to help research for me.
Two things to share that could be helpful:
1.) If you have issues getting up stairs, note that the stairs to get to the apartment are narrow and steep.
2.) I am a light sleeper, enough so that I travel with earplugs. Occasionally on the weekends, even though you are secluded from the street, you might here music if, what I believe is a restaurant with a long property into the block, has an event. This didn’t bother my friend who slept straight through the music but I being a light sleeper, would have had issues without my earplugs. The only times I recall hearing this was either on a Friday or Saturday but, it wasn’t consistently every weekend. Also, I was there during some kind of festival so, that might have influenced this.
It was a great landing pad for me to get to know the city. It wasn’t one of those soulless property management apartments that seem to have flooded Airbnb with clumsy remote check-ins and tenant churn and burn vibes. It’s a comfortable space, with some unique character, with folks that you can talk to who want to make it the best experience possible for you.