We were looking forward to staying in Monreale because we wanted a more quite place to stay and visit Palermo from, this is why we chose Casa Rossa. Being a more or less commercial place it wasn't clear to us from the ad that there where different apartments (both smaller and larger) to choose from, but in the reviews we read to opt for the top apartment, which we did. Ofcourse we wanted to make use of the swimming pool if the weather was nice, it was not so nice that we had to pick up dog droppings in the pool area first. Unfortunately our other experiences were not all that great either.

We stayed for 2 nights and had planned to make our own breakfast and cook at least 1 home dinner. Unfortunately there were no suitable pots and pans to cook with, this was a bit of a letdown but we were given the opportunity to have a sober (paid) breakfast in the B&B area. The apartment itself was very sober, in the living room there was only place to sit for 3 people (we where 5) and the curtain was missing from the window. Combined with the one bright white ceiling light this wasn't a nice place to sit and talk. The kitchen was better and gave access to an okay terrace with a great view on Palermo and the bay. The master bedroom was fine, the two-bed bedroom lacked curtains and the other bedroom had such a low ceiling we had to re-arrange the bed in order to sleep in it.

Carmelo and Federica apparently tried, but had some miscommunications between them which did not help things. We made a roundtrip and had several other experiences in Sicily which ranged form fine to great and Casa Rossa is on the bottom of that list. All in all we were disappointed in Casa Rossa and felt there could have been more of an effort to get things in order for guests, including feeling welcome.