We had a great time in this beautiful renovated and spacious apartment in Ortigia. Gabriele is a very nice host and our late check-in was no problem for him. His obligatory bottle of wine and cherries were also great!

We were the first who had the chance to test his brand new self-written holiday guide. 14 pages of great tips - many of them we did not see in our Lonely Planet. On our first day we already did three things out of it.

Parking was no problem thanks to Gabrieles tips combined with some traditional Italian I-don't-care street habits.

We had the feeling that there were not many tourists from outside of Italy in Ortigia. But we have only been in this beautiful streets in the mornings for breakfast and later for dinner.
We felt very local when we met Gabriele at an event at the castle on our last night.

We already miss Sicily and Ortigia - hope to be back soon!