The apartment is fantastic and it was a pleasure to rent it from Paolo. He was a great host, always in communication and waiting for us on arrival to personally to give us the keys and show us how everything in the apartment worked. He provided advice on places to visit in the local area and was very friendly and welcoming, which made it a pleasure to rent his beautiful apartment. It was a perfect air bnb experience. He made everything very easy.
The apartment is new and furnished to a high standard. The beds were very comfortable with new pillows, new bed linen etc and there was plenty of space in the wardrobes for clothes. There are 2 bathrooms which had new, high quality fixtures and there was soap/shampoo/toilet paper etc as well as numerous towels - in fact it had better bathrooms than most hotels!
The kitchen was equipped with all the things you need for 4+ people (plates/cups/pans/cutlery etc) so you could easily cook meals. Paolo had even added extra things like tea/coffee/oil/ beer and a basket of fruit which was a nice welcome after a long drive! .
There is an indoor dining table for meals or an outside table on the large, secure patio which has an area with a sun shade or an area in the sunshine, whichever you prefer! We ate all our meals outside as the weather was great.
You will be very comfortable staying in this apartment. It is excellent with extra facilities such as a hair dryer, washing machine, big fridge freezer. It looks exactly as in the photographs. There is a tv and plenty of books to read. There was no wifi, but this was not a problem for us.
The apartment is on the ground floor but very safe with shutters and an electronic gate, and there is plenty of on street parking directly opposite so you can see your car from the apartment window.
The apartment is 1 minute walk from a beautiful beach. There are some nice restaurants, bars, ice-cream cafes 5 minutes walk away and it is 5 min drive (10 minute walk) to the old town centre of Avola which has a traditional town square with more cafes and restaurants. Avola is only 5 mins from the motorway so you are in easy reach of many attractions. We visited Noto (10 minute drive) a beautiful inland town, Siracusa (20 minute drive) and Portopallo (30 minute drive down the coast). We recommend the location for touring southern Sicily.
The apartment was very, very clean and you will not fail to have a very good stay here. We recommend it very much and wish Paolo good luck in the future. It was a pleasure to be your first guests.