Palermo is a great city but this is not the best place to start your trip. Sorry to say. The communication with the host was not great, the appartment smelled like sigaretsmoke. The blankets on the ned even did. Every night we had a black out in the appartment and the idea of privacy is not existent. The host is a nice lady though, nothing personal to her. To be honest I felt misguided by the superhost-title on which this appartment is advertized. The place is really too expensive for what is offered.