The biggest disappointment about this place was communication. Response time for all of our messages was a lot longer than for anywhere else we’ve stayed, and that made it challenging to plan out our day. If you’re hoping to arrive into Messina in the morning and drop your bags off before exploring the city, maybe this place isn’t for you. We spent hours wandering the streets with all our baggage awaiting a response from our host that could have informed our next move. Finding the unit was also a bit confusing as the building had no address number. Some clarity regarding that would have been helpful as well. Worth noting that other reviews state that communication with hosts was good- so whatever happened with us may have been a once off.
Once we were in, host Giuseppe was friendly and gave us some city recommendations and an apartment tour. There is a great coffee machine! The room (we were in the xxl room) was huge. Definitely recommend this place for backpackers and young people who are in Messina looking to have some fun and meet people in a communal style accommodation. It was like a hostel in many ways. The downside of that is a communal space can only be so clean - so it wasn’t quite as clean as you might expect for the average AirBnB (like in someone’s house or entire rental unit). Wasn’t for us, but maybe it is for you.