Awesome place and fabulous hosts. The photos, description and reviews don’t prepare you for how absolutely charming this place is. It is wonderful.
Communication with Helena and Giancarlo is easy and they are lovely people.
The space is huge with everything we needed for our two night stay. A two night stay we found too short. There is a lot to see and do in Ragusa and around and once settled we could have stayed much longer.
We had full and exclusive access to the ground floor of the house (Helena and Giancarlo live upstairs, so are easily accessible) with a central dining/living area, bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. There’s a further bedroom so the place can accommodate more than two people. It’s the courtyard and the view to Ragusa Ibla that take the place to a truly magical level. Look online for photos of the views to Ragusa from Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Scalia to see what I’m referring to. This is the view from the courtyard.
Breakfast is delicious and plentiful and recommended to be eaten outside.
It’s a well located apartment. There are restaurants around the apartment within less than a 5 minute walk and many more down in Ragusa Ibla. Access is down the stairs that wind to connect to the old town. You have to return the same way - but that’s one of the charms of Ragusa.
We came by car and found parking easy. We got a spot right outside the apartment every time. Helena offered us a a local permit which allows parking a few streets away. It wasn’t needed.
We explored the baroque cities of the region of Scicli, Modica, Noto. We also went to Punta Secca - you’ve gotta see Montalbano’s house -a charming village on the beach.
Highly recommended. Stay as long as your itinerary allows and if you only have on day - squeeze in another. We will be returning.