We worked remotely for a month (July) from Alberto’s apartment and found it be fantastic overall.
Great:
- Excellent location to explore Ortigia. It’s a tiny island so pretty much any accommodation will be <15 minutes to get to any restaurant, beach etc in the worst case. But we found Alberto’s place to be in a particularly vibey part of the island, extremely close to the beaches and great restaurants.
- Aircon worked perfectly the whole time and was a life-saver in July.
- Alberto is a great person and cares about his guests. He regularly offered to bring us clean linen and assist with washing, and gave us lots of tips about the area.
- Checkin was very smooth, and Alberto was kind enough to give us a late checkout after we asked.
- Alberto was always quick to answer on the Airbnb app.
- Despite the apartment being close to all the fun, it is in a quiet side street. The only noise issue was construction.
Improvement points:
- There was active construction in the building (loud drilling, shouting, workers playing music) for the whole month we were there, sometimes starting earlier than 8am. For the first two weeks roughly, there was a large piece of scaffolding in front of the building which meant we couldn’t use the balcony or see the ocean/view. This was out of Alberto’s control and he was very apologetic but we felt it could have been communicated a little bit better. Perhaps he could have told us about it via the Airbnb app before we physically arrived there. Anyway, as far as construction noise goes, it wasn’t too bad. We were able to work despite it.
- The wifi was too slow for working remotely (namely for Zoom calls). If you sit right next to the router with video off then it’s sort of okay, but we ended up buying a 100gb Lycasim for €20 which saved the day (or month). I would recommend that if you’re working remotely. Alberto was also apologetic about this and it seemed to be out of his control.
To conclude, we would 100% stay at Alberto’s place again! Highly recommend!