I loved everything about Francesco's home in Mondello. It was my first time using Airbnb and I was skeptical about what to expect when we arrived, but Francesco's home was even better than the pictures (Which is crazy because the pictures he has listed are absolutely amazing!!). There are no words to describe the views at Francesco's home. I fell in love with Sicily, and Sicily was literally a picture perfect ending to our whirlwind of a trip through Italy. We spent most of the time in Sicily relaxing on the beach and eating meals on his amazing patios overlooking one of the best views I have ever seen. I would come back to stay at Francesco's home in a heartbeat.

Francesco and his girlfriend met us upon arrival and were incredibly welcoming, friendly, and gave wonderful recommendations on where to go in the area. When our taxi had a hard time finding his home, Francesco was available when called for further directions. He also let us know that he was always available by text/call whenever we had any questions or concerns. I was very impressed with how quickly he responded to any questions/concerns during our stay.

I felt absolutely horrible when I had to contact Francesco to let him know that we were having issues with his gates. (I do not know if keys/locks in Italy are just harder to work because I have never had any issues with keys/locks in any other country other than Italy. Many of the Airbnb locations we stayed at in Rome and Venice also had keys/locks that were at times hard to get to tumble and took a couple minutes to open and other times the keys/locks were extremely easy to use and opened on the first try). One of the gate locks that broke was in the common area that my friend was using to get in and out with his scooter. I was not around when the gate lock broke, but my friend said that he had used the gate with his key a couple times without any issues, but on the 3rd or 4th time using the gate, the lockbox that was very worn/rusted broke off. I know we were not responsible for the gate per Airbnb terms because the gate was in a common/shared area and the gate was very worn/rusted already, but I was still more than happy to help my friend pay for the gate because I would not have wanted to leave on any bad terms with Francesco. My parents raised me to leave things better than you found, so I could not have left without helping to pay for Francesco's gate.

In no way did the gate situation affect our stay. I would 110% recommend Francesco's home to anyone going to Sicily. I hope to go back one day if he would still let us stay with him.

Much love from Chicago,

Kelly H