We stayed here for the last two weeks of September and had a very relaxing time. The garden and the pool are lovely with beautiful palm trees and other plants. There are various different areas to the apartment and it takes a while to work out which you can use.
There isn’t an internal kitchen as such, although there is a fridge, sink, a two-ring hot plate and crockery. The kettle and coffee machine for instance, is in the breakfast veranda. The living room is outdoor (with a roof) and the extra outdoor shower is a delight. The layout is unusual and hard to describe, but this is not actually a problem as it all makes sense. Ultimately though, you don’t feel as though you’re intruding on the owners’ space or vice versa. The owner, Maurizio, runs a lighting company and the garden is beautifully lit.
We were there long enough to get to know the local area and discovered a few small supermarkets and bakeries in the surrounding streets and the walk to the centre of Mondello itself is not too far along the beach road. The bus to Palermo runs every 10-25 minutes and the stop is about a 10-minute walk away and the beach is 10-15 minutes away.
During the season the beach is full of rows and rows of changing huts which makes it quite crowded and not to our liking, but they take them away for the winter from about 16th September and then the beach, although still busy, is lovely and the sea clear and warm. We had a good stay but we were very lucky with the weather. If it rained a lot or was cold, this would not be a great place to stay. Without an indoor kitchen/living room, you would have to stay in the bedrooms.