I am writing this from the balcony of this amazing apartment in Scicli.
This is why I love Airbnb so much, it allows you to immerse yourself in another culture... if you want to live like an Italian then I can say come to Petra's place. It has everything you need to feel at home.
Every room is huge and furnished in a lovely baroque traditional Italian style. The furniture is beautiful and bed comfy. Spotlessly clean and Carmelo (Petras son) very kind.
We got buses and Taxis to beaches and local towns, saving us the bother of car hire. The local tourist office was also very helpful. The apartment is so central yet you have amazing views of the mountains from the kitchen.
There is a tiny coffee shop next door where I had my morning coffee and practiced my (poor) Italian.
Scicli is much bigger than I expected and really comes alive at night so do as the Italians do, have a long siesta and then go out on the town. Everything happens from 9pm onwards.
The apartment overlooks the main Square on one side but the bedrooms face onto a busy road so can be noisy during the day if it's hot and windows are open but it didn't bother us and we slept well at night.
We would highly recommend Scicli as a base and the apartment was superb value also.