Verified review
8/10 Good
Miranda
Sep 20, 2026
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If you want to feel like one of the locals in Siracusa, these rooms are in an apartment block with a central courtyard. The owner is kind and welcoming. However this was not the right place to stay for us. First it is advertised by the accommodation sites as having “parking.” In fact this is a property without parking. On arrival we spent an hour looking for on-street parking, even trawled round the car parks which were full.
Eventually we found a space 3/4 mile away and walked to the property with our luggage. We knew there was no lift but we were informed there was a luggage hoist but there was no evidence of that during our stay. The coffee machine didn’t work. Only two of 4 buttons functioned, the water didn’t heat up and the reservoir (a plastic bottle with a tube in it like a straw) leaked. There was no bidet - unusual for Italy and little more than hand soap provided. The worst thing was a horrendous smell of cesspool emanating from the lavatory which the staff had tried to ameliorate with an industrial strength disinfectant product which had me gagging. We soldiered on with the bathroom door shut and the (efficient) aircon in operation. The next problem was being eaten alive by mosquitoes which caused one eye to half close and one hand to swell to double size in my case. My husband scratched his bites till they bled.
Despite my optimism I was unable to swim nearby; it was either too rough or the temporary lido scaffolding was too challenging.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2026
