Solsicily

I liked the size of the room, beautiful view from the window (rooftop in the distant sea view), great welcoming by Cristian and closeness to the city centre. There are a few food markets around the corner which are a big help as well as it’s very close to the main bus station.

The location itself is placed on a street surrounded by shady people, luckily they did not approach us during the stay, they are very loud during the evening time. Without prior research you might feel uncomfortable. Bugs found in the bathroom (millipede) as well as the bedroom (ants).

The place served its purpose well. We needed an affordable place to stay at overnight that is close to the center, beaches and airport. This met all of those requirements. The facilities and accomodation overall were good, basic necessities and appliances were provided. Cristian was also a really nice and welcoming/helpful host, looking out for us during our stay.

This was mentioned in other reviews but the streets indeed had some strange faces here and there but they’re all minding their own business and keeping to themselves, not trying to bother others, especially not tourists. Their situations are rather sad instead of scary.

The place has a nice spacious kitchen and it is very inviting to entertain yourself with you travel mates or other guests in the common area. The place overall feels like someone's house and it is very cozy. The host is very welcoming providing you recommendations about the area and helping out with whatever logistics. He helped me to carry downstairs my heavy luggage (the place is on the 3rd floor w/o elevators). The place is in the middle of an area of the city that has lots of murals and small alleys with cute bars and restaurants, it can also feel sketchy but if you keep yourself aware of your surroundings you will be fine.

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- Very Spacious room - Closeby plenty of great food options, bus to Etna and train station - Sockets and small table next to the bed - While no private kitchen is available, we could use the water boiler and mug. There was also a small shared guest fridge. - Friendly host that also was responsive and helpful when we reached out for an insect problem. He also handled key handover given he would not be available during our arrival. - Plenty of recommendations next to the accommodation entry

- We found a good amount of ants in the room in the first day, as well as a cockroach in our pre-last day. Host helped removing the cockroach and mentioned that they could come through the balcony during the summer, but in this time of the year is super rare and we were unlucky - We were probably unlucky, but room next to us was very loud during the night on our last 2 night’s disturbing sleep