The apartment is a complete self-contained and fully functioning from the moment you arrive without the need to go to the stores for the first few days. It is just renovated and all the appliances are brand new. The renovation was tastefully done with high quality materials and craftsmanship and attention to details. It’s obvious they invested a lot into building out this apartment and the photos don’t do justice. It is actually a very beautiful, sparkly clean and comfortable apartment that should cost a lot more. It is complete with anything you could want, including a large refrigerator, ironing supplies, drying rack, toaster, gas stove, over, washer, all manners of cleaning supplies such as broom, detergent, and dish washing liquid and sponges. The kitchen is complete with utensils, many dish wares, pots and pans, etc. Nella generously stocked with basic spices and such things as butter, salt and pepper, milk, coffee. For our first breakfast, we enjoyed the Italian style small stove top coffee maker with cereal and milk that Nella had in the kitchen along with many other goodies. The bedroom and all the rooms have plenty of modern closets and dressers. The large king bed was very comfortable. Nella provided extra linen and everything was beautiful and perfect. The large bathroom is perhaps the best feature of the apartment. Again, it is brand new, modern, and beautiful. The apartment is next door to the main house and you can have as much privacy as you want while always being able to ask for help with anything from Nella or her husband and older children. There is a separate lockable entrance from the quiet street which is a quiet cul-de-sac so you can have complete privacy. There is another door to the courtyard shared by the main house if you want to use that area or simply want to ask Nella something. There are two well behaved and wonderful dogs- One large and one small. They are kept completely away so you would interact with them only if you want too. The neighborhood is safe and clean. The house is at the end of one of the wider streets. Most streets we see around town are super narrow since it’s an old town. There is parking right in front but we sometimes elected to park a bit away at the main road because it’s just as easy. For loading and unloading luggage, we pulled the car right to the front of the door. Pachino is a wonderful town with a thoroughly local feel which I thoroughly enjoy. The locals would pull out their chairs and enjoy the evening breeze after sun down. (Be sure to greet everyone as you walk by. It’s appreciated and it’s the local very friendly custom.) The wonderful main square is about a 10 minutes’ walk away and you can find anything there including ATM. Grocery stores, post office and myriad cafes/bakery are all sprinkled along the streets many of them lively late at...