Daniele was very quick with his communication and we appreciated that throughout our stay in Catania.
The location is good with most of the tourist attractions/restaurants/etc. within 15 or so minutes walking distance, and there is free parking on the street.
The property is an older apartment (he mentioned it was his grandmother’s) and we really liked the style and uniqueness of the space!
However there were a number of aspects of the description that we felt were in accurate, and a few additional aspects that made our stay fall short of expectations.
We included these things in our private suggestions to Daniele, however after looking at some of the reviews from previous guests that touched on similar areas, his responses to them suggest that he did not take the feedback well or seriously.
Due to this, we are including all the aspects in our review here. Hopefully this review is taken as feedback to improve the space for future guests, but if not, then future guests will have accurate expectations.
Aspects of description that were not accurate or available to us:
Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, shower gel, extra pillows and blankets (we did find one extra pillow in the closed closet), an oven (there is a toaster oven) a pour over coffee machine, and oil for cooking.
Maybe this is just our experience, but supplying only two coffee pods, a single roll of toilet paper, one towel each with no bidet towel, one kitchen towel, and no laundry detergent, feels a bit strange to us when comparing our times at many other airbnbs in many different countries. The suggestion that we go to the supermarket to purchase such things for 4-day stay felt even stranger.
Finally, the description does not mention the 2Gb/day wifi maximum that is written at the property, or anything about the speed. We found the wifi to be extremely slow and barely sufficed for normal phone use let alone working remotely/streaming.
This was by no means a horrible stay for us, just in comparison to our numerous other experiences in a wide variety of similarly well-rated and priced properties throughout our travels abroad, we felt our stay here fell short.