Riccardo's father greeted us at the apartment and showed us around. He is a very kind man and although we do not speak italian we understood everything he explained us. The apartment is a great value for the money, clean, cosy, with enough space for 2 people and my biggest surprise was the garden which is beautiful and bigger than it appears in pictures - a perfect place to have breakfast or relax at the end of the day.
The owners were kind enough to provide bottles of water in the fridge, pasta, coffee and other basics so that we could make a quick meal for the first day.
The neighborhood is the best place to stay in my opinion because it is safe, central but not very touristy and you can feel like a local staying here. It is full of shops, supermarket open 24 h 10 min away, bakeries selling fresh bread and pastries, restaurants of all kinds, in piazza don luigi sturzo a gelateria with the best ice cream i have ever eaten.
All Palermo attractions are reachable by foot and also transport options are very close. In piazza don luigi sturzo which is 2 min away there are buses to travel in Palermo and Mondello beach and in piazza castelnuovo which is 4 min away buses for the airport and towns to be visited around Palermo.

It was a great experience and definitely will stay again here if i ever return to Palermo!