We (my boyfriend and I) were very disappointed with our stay at Villa Caterina.
We had to leave the apartment and get another place to stay because my boyfriend got attacked by the owners dog. When we left the apartment one morning the dog was outside and barked at my boyfriend. When my boyfriend told the dog to go away it bit his leg. It did not break the skin but was a really scary experience and we did not feel safe on the property anymore at all. Especially because even after hearing about the attack the owners (who were out of town and left the dog unattended) did not even bother to send someone to get a hold of the dog. When we left the apartment again after a few hours, the dog was still on the property without any supervision. It was the most scary and uncomfortable event any of us has ever had during an airbnb stay. We've since learned from other reviews on booking.com that the dog (Iva) is pretty unpredictable and has tried to attack other guests in the past as well. Still, the owners apparently have not taken any measurements to prevent this.
Overall the surrounding and the apartment did look like in the pictures. However, the Villa is situated between two very busy streets. We couldn't leave the windows open during the night, as the traffic was very loud. Also, hanging out in the garden wasn't as fun as imagined due to the noise. What made our stay most unpleasant though were the very old and uncomfortable mattresses being very hard and old. Neither of us felt rested in the morning and what was worse was that we both developed severe back pains. We reached to the hosts and told them about the mattresses but they never got back to us.
What we liked about the apartment was the big beautiful garden, which guests are welcome to use. Unfortunately apart from that we can hardly name anything positive about our stay.