This is an exceptional airbnb with an exceptional host. Ivana is a delightful, attentive, and most interesting person who clearly aspires to providing her guests with a gratifying experience, both of their accommodation and of Palermo. Her directions uniquely include serial photos of key landmarks encountered en route, especially helpful for my night-time ~80 meter walk from the airport bus-stop to our meeting place at the ‘duo palme piazza’! N.B. Don’t wait at the piazza with three palms!
Her apartment is one of a group of residences clustered around a central open space, access to which is via a keyed communal doorway. It is in a very safe area within easy walking distance of just about everything that is unique to Palermo - itself an unexpectedly fascinating and beautiful city - also to several supermarkets (try Prezzemolo & Vitale!), two organic food stores, and Caffetteria Rizzuto for Specialty Coffee brews as well as single origin espressos!
The apartment is clearly illustrated in the airbnb posting and is every bit as lovely as it looks; well furnished without being cluttered, un-carpeted so the air feels clean and dust-free, efficiently heated with large hot-water radiators supplemented with a typical heat-pump aircon and, much to my relief has bedrooms that really are perfectly quiet! The kitchen includes a four-burner gas stove, with plenty of counter space and a dedicated bamboo cutting board tor food preparation. I booked it for one week, extended it to three, then rebooked for a further week; proof in action not just words!