Spa sul tempio d'apollo

The apartment is beautiful with antique furniture and art, plenty of space, air conditioning works great, building is secure.

The place is advertised as a spa. Spa has not worked for years as well as a dishwasher (based on prior reviews). This was not a deal breaker for us. The main problem was the work on the outside. The building is wrapped in long term scaffolding. It has a billboard on it as of June 2026. It’s not going anywhere any time soon. You can’t come out on the balcony or see temple of Apollo out of the window. We rented this place for the view and ambience planning to enjoy wine on the patio after putting kids to bed. It didn’t happen. This was a huge upset for us.

Good location and spacious

There was construction and they only warned us about it two days before

Perfect location for exploring Ortigia! Balcony overlooking Temple of Apollo and piazza where street musicians play in the evenings. Steps away from the street markets and from a supermarket. Beautiful luxury apartment, like staying in a palazzo, with very nice furnishings. Very spacious for our family of four. Super convenient to have a washing machine to do our laundry and drying rack in a small courtyard. Central AC (which is a rarity in Italy) kept the place nice and cool during the peak of summer. Owner rode with my husband in our rental car to the parking lot while his wife showed me around the apartment and how everything works. Very beautiful apartment, would stay here again if we return to Ortigia.

Sauna & dishwasher don’t work, and balcony needs some repairs but is still usable. You need to enter ZTL zone with car for ease of dropping off luggage, or else will need to carry luggage quite some distance to avoid driving through ZTL area. Owner submitted something for us so hopefully we don’t get a fine for entering ZTL briefly to drop luggage. Also, you need to carry your luggage up the stairs one floor to apartment which would’ve been difficult without my husband. In all fairness, this has been the norm in every apartment we’ve stayed in Sicily- so pack light.

The location of this apartment was fantastic. We also appreciated that the owner was communicative and let us check out two hours later than normal.

The spa (for which the apartment is named) was not working when we stayed, and this was not made clear to us during booking (neither was the dishwasher.) The apartment lists basic toiletries as being provided, but there was no shampoo, conditioner, or body wash available. Neither of our shower drains functioned, and perhaps worst of all, there was very loud music emanating from a nearby bar, which continued until midnight.