excellent base to explore trapani and erice, as well as go to palermo. Paolo was kind enough to watch out for me for check in, as my plane kept getting delayed. He was able to provide clear directions for going to erice and palermo. room was big and spacious, and there's a fan for those hot summer nights. checkout could have been better organized, but that was also partly my fault as I only warned him of the time on the day of and eventually I figured out a way to check myself out and leave the keys in the room. i literally saw no one else there, so even though it's a shared bathroom I think I was the only one using it! i suggest eating at cafe noir, about 5 minutes from his house! thank you so much for the great stay! =)