This apartment is advertised with parking, no doubt because it's such a hot commodity in Ortigia, however to space exists or ever has. We arrived in our hire car to find no parking and had to park a long way away, for 15€ per day, and drag heavy bags a long way back to the apartment.
Check in was stressful seeing as we heard nothing prior t the time of arrival, I tried to make contact a few hours before arriving, but no response to message, I called, and was told i had to seek to the person's brother. I called him, and was told I had to speak to his friend. Overall impressions as that our arrival was an annoyance at best. The friend- an acquaintance paid to do airbnb check-ins, was very friendly, however upon arrival as soon as he opened the door to the apartment we were hit with the overwhelming small of damp. He made an excuse about air freshening whilst switching off a noisy dehumidifier in the wall.
The apartment itself was aesthetically beautiful, and much as advertised, however it was not a pleasure to stay in due to the damp and the cold. The heater is up high in the wall in the upstairs sleeping area, and hot air rises...so good luck to us ever warming up the cold damp downstairs area without absolutely cooking ourselves when we went to bed. The cold and the damp, combined with the rudeness of the host (he implied that I should not have expected there to be parking as it was impossible to park in Ortigia...knowing this why do you think I booked one of the very few apartments that offered an on-site parking space?!) spoiled our stay at this accommodation. I did in fact get the ball rolling to move as soon as we arrived and the damp hit us, we didn't unpack for hours, however it was late, we were tired, and in the end as we were only there for 2 nights we decided to lump it, and spent most of our time upstairs where it was warmer and didn't smell.