We stayed for one night in the green Bee Claire apartment.

The pros: The apartment was lovely and very clean, and the location is right in the heart of the Ballaro market area, making it great for exploring. We were able to park outside which was really handy, and Zaza was very kind and helpful showing us around. They allowed us to leave our stuff at the apartments until early afternoon too, which was very generous.

The cons: I had to reserve the flat twice as it took Gloria quite some time to reply, which I think other reviews have mentioned too. After a mix-up with another guest, Gloria woke us up at 3am to let her in, which was not ideal. The air conditioning costs €1 per hour to turn on (reasonable, but we didn't know about this until we arrived). It was also noisy as we faced on to an alley busy with scooters and pedestrians so sleeping after 6am was pretty much impossible.

We had a great time in Palermo, and Bee Claire was good in some ways but just a few things we wish we'd known beforehand :)