We spent a week at Giando's apartment and enjoyed it very much! Giando is an excellent host - very kind and friendly and just doing everything possible to make sure that you have a pleasant stay at his apartment and in Palermo.
Giando's apartment is located in the historic part of Palermo, in front of amazing baroque church Chiesa del Gesu and in the vicinity of Ballaro market. It is a good starting point to explore Palermo on foot. The apartment is tastefully decorated, very clean and well equipped with everything you may need for a short or longer stay. We used the kitchen several times to cook things we bought at Ballaro. The neighbourhood is lively during the day but we always slept well at night and the noise you sometimes hear is not different from noise you may get in any bigger city.
There is parking available in the plaza in front of the apartment but in order to avoid the hassle of driving in and out of the historic center, we left the car outside of it and just walked to the car when we had trips planned outside of Palermo. Giando can give good advice on parking in the area. We will definitely stay at Giando's place again next time we come to Palermo.