Absolutely LOVED our stay at Andrea's. We have used airbnb many times over the years and Andrea and Elenora were by far the most stellar hosts. We had a few non-airbnb requests for help, from help in finding a cool hair salon for my wife, to having to find urgently a dentist, and Andrea was just awesome. (Thanks Andrea for EVERYTHING!!).
Now about the airbnb itself. The house is in a perfect location, less than 2mn walking from the sea and perimeter around the gorgeous Ortigia island, 2mn walking from many great restaurants. The house itself was great too. Let's start from the top floor which is a large terrace - we loved spending time on the roof top, for the nice views of the neighborhood, but also to catch the sun (in December, every minute of sun counts!). The ground floor has a spacious living room with a super comfy sofa that opens up into a large bed-platform type arrangement, great to watch tv. The kitchen is large and extremely well equipped and has a small kitchen/dining room space that is very practical. The main bathroom for the house is next to the kitchen, on the ground floor, so all this means is that you need to organize yourself to have clothes when you get out of the shower.
The next floor up has the master bedroom - also very large, with a nice "french window" type of door that gives a view onto the pedestrian small street below (virtually no foot traffic). The master bedroom has a tiny extra toilet space which means you don't have to go down the steps during the middle of the night, very thoughtful design. Next to the master bedroom is the second bedroom. Both rooms have EXTREMELY comfortable beds. In our case, we didn't need an extra bedroom so we used the room as our "closet", but I imagine it would be very useful to have the next door room if you have kids as part of your guest party.
From the masterbedroom is a small stair case that goes to the large upstairs terrace.
The entire place was super clean and the design is minimalist, mostly white. So there is very little "noise" from excessive decoration, which we appreciated.
The TV in the living room has the ability to pair with your iphone, so we used it as our stereo system, but it's good as well to use with netflix on your phone.
What else? Did I mention how fabulous a host Andrea is?
Yes, we would absolutely stay here again and highly recommend it.
Enjoy your stay!
Ben