Well, what can we say. we have spent the last five days in Palermo staying at Giovanni's apartment. This apartment as far as we were concerned is ideally situated to stay in if you want to explore the old part of Palermo. Everywhere was within walking distance, from The Ballero market, to The Vucceria, to the Botanic gardens, to the passeggiata down Rue Maqueda on Saturday night and all the little restaurants off down the side streets...... the apartment is fantastically roomy with huge double beds situated on the quiet side of the square, making it very quiet at night time. It is decorated with a vintage flair full of eclectic artefacts. The original tiled floors and fabulous kitchen. Giovanni was there to greet us and helped us with all our questions about Palermo - very giving of his time at our arrival, he also very kindly called a taxi for us on our departure. We can not thank him enough for making our stay in Palermo so fabulous. I won't forget him striding up the stairs with my suitcase on our first day. Please Giovanni i only wish we knew about the tango classes taking place on Monday night - we came back from dinner and heard this beautiful music coming out of the windows from the apartment below ours. I would love to come back and do some tango in Palermo! Thank you Giovanni for a lovely stay.