I don’t know where even to start. While booking this apartment, I honestly thought I would have a great time there and would leave a very good review (based on the great location, previous reviews, and amazing photos), BUT I had a terrible experience here.
•	Very unpleasant check-in experience: There was a misunderstanding between the host – Costanza, and co-host – Nadia about the timing of our arrival. I wrote to the Host about our arrival and her, on the other hand, informed her co-host and something got lost in translation, I guess (the co-host was waiting for us at 3:00 pm. Even though I never said I would arrive at that time). Nevertheless, I wrote the co-host – Nadia 2 hours before our arrival that I was leaving Savoca by car and heading to Catania and then my internet went off. I honestly assumed that she would get ready for our arrival (as I gave a very sensible and reasonable notice). Then, when I got my internet back, I wrote her that google map was saying that I would arrive in 30 minutes. She did not respond. I called her in 20 minutes and told her that I would arrive in 10 minutes. She got very annoyed and responded very rudely that she was frying a fish, was having a dinner, and could not arrive for 40-60 minutes :)) We waited in the car for 1.5 hours. When she finally came, she was pissed off and stormed into the apartment, without even saying a proper hello. We frankly didn’t mind as we just wanted to enjoy our stay and tried to ease the situation by complementing the flat, etc. BUT she could not hide or control her emotions and 2 minutes after we entered the apartment, started to lecture us about how badly we acted by not informing her property about the check-in timing and that she was expecting us at 3 (again, we never told we would, somehow, the host told her that time). She was super rude, arrogant, and almost yelling. She lectured us about how inconvenient we were and that she did not know what time it took to arrive from Savoca to Catania (hello, google maps? I was a tourist and roaming went off, she could google it, come on) and that she has a toddler and we ruined dinner for her, etc. She only stopped when I showed her a correspondence with the host on WhatsApp. She honestly didn’t stop until then or gave us a chance to explain ourselves. I have NEVER EVER in my life had a such a bad experience with the host. She truly ruined our first day in Catania.
•	No parking: even though the listing says it has parking ON the premises, it doesn’t. There is a free parking lot near the apartment that is always occupied. You would never find a spot there. So this was very misleading. We had to find paid parking that cost 10 Euros per day and was 15 minutes’ walk from the AIRBNB.
•	Maintenance issues: I truly adored the interior of the apartment but it clearly needs some maintenance. Doorknobs were falling, doors were too squeaky and it was a challenge to open and close them without a horrible noise. The bathroom in the biggest bedroom had issues and the host asked not to use it. That was very inconvenient.
•	Cleaning issues: The furniture was very dusty. The bathrooms were not properly cleaned and the shower curtains were very dirty. In one of the bathrooms, there was shaved hair stuck on the curtain. Pretty disgusting.
Considering all the above (especially the terrible experience with Nadia), I would never ever recommend this place to anyone.