The studio itself is very clean and located just off the main street in a lovely little-yet-lively town. Francesco himself was helpful, friendly and professional.
However, there are few important things that led me to leave three stars.
Firstly, we were looking for an apparent with kitchen to cook our own dinner, and we have filtered search results and chose this appartment accordsingly. However, there was only microwave (plus a sink and a coffee machine). A microwave does not make a kitchen and the host should have clearly indicated that rather than expecting visitors to make inferences based on photos provided. In any case, our dinner got wasted as the plastic containers provided were not suitable for the microwave and simply melted on top of our dinner.
Secondly, we are grateful to the host for providing the coffee capsules. However, after drinking part of a cup, I have noticed a bad taste and the foul smell of the coffee. The reason was the water in the coffee machine container. It was probably from the tap (a cardinal sin in Sicily) and probably very old. Not sure if it was the host or previous visitors who left such water, but me being sick in stomach and concerned for my health left a bad impression.