Irena speaks English and is efficient and charming. Street parking is free but there can be difficulty parking near the house. Entry straight off the street is great for luggage transfer.
Value at $A60 a night, very comfortable bed and clean place to stay but not equipped for cooking in the apartment. Better if you are going to eat out for meals but you'd need to drive to one and then you'd lose your parking space. We always like to be able to see our hire car.There is no microwave to reheat ready-meals and not enough utensils if you want to use the oven and gas cooktop.There is a Bialetti for coffee and a coffee machine. Not sure if Irena still supplies breakfast.
More cooking gear is required. Small/medium skillet and saucepans.
Ask Irena to show you the fast cycle on the washing machine as there are no visible numbers . Wifi was fine. Great shower and good bathroom.
If you fold the clothes drying rack to fit it in the bedroom space beside the wardrobe under the air-con then your clothes will dry in no time.Very comfortable bed and linen. Good space for the main room with dining table and sofabed. Quiet later at night.
In Alcoma there is a fab discount store called 'Nice Store' (odds and ends, so cheap!) with a Lidl supermarket in Via di Gammara. Both excellent.
At Segesta there are two scams going on. (1)They have a guy at the roundabout who directs you to the carpark, pay E5, where they have a shuttle bus to take you up the road to the site and ticket office. BUT if you drive to the carpark just up the hill past the Segesta site entry gate you can park for free and walk 100m to the site. After visiting the Temple just pay E1:50p.p. for the shuttle up to the Theatre (do not miss this). Do drive the country roads, very scenic.
Scam (2)If buying multiple tickets the office might offer you a ticket that reads as a 'Gratuito' free entry ticket. Don't accept it. The shuttle driver will refuse it. It appears that the ticket office is pocketing E6 each time he hands out one of these 'Gratuito' tickets.
Afterwards you can return to Alcamo via the small road through Calatafirmi, a very pretty drive through countryside.