Very good location: - just really 5 minutes walk from Mondello beach (which can be hard to reach by car or bus due to the traffic or crowd if you live far from it) - hardly any car traffic in this part of the street, very silent place - very nice green area - 5 minutes walk from the Bar Alba which offers tipical Sicilian food (especially sweets) and is open from 7am to midnight - 3 minutes walk from the bus stop of bus 806 which takes you to the centre of Palermo in 20 minutes   Apartment: - very spatious, large rooms, and with a huge terrace (at least 30sqm) - nice view to the Monte Pellegrino from the terrace - well equipped bathroom (even shampoo and shower gel was in there and all cleaning stuff with a superb washing machine) - good cable TV and internet connectivity (not common in Italy according to my experiences) - nice garden with huge fig trees The host: Alfredo is a really nice guy who does everything for your convenience. Just to mention a few: he gave us a lift to the supermarket in his own car, picked figs for us a few times, he offered his own bike to come and go, he was open to common programmes as well (so we drank some wine together in one of the evenings) and I could mention many other similar things. I think these were beyond his duties as a host but definitely made our stay more comfortable and and enjoyable. He was more like a friend we visited than a host. If you are looking for this kind of experience then this is really the place to visit.

- supermarkets are relatively far from the house so if you don't have a car (and we didn't) then it can take 15-20 minutes to get there on foot - some of the equipment look shabby or old (e.g. the gas cooker, the table in the terrace, or the cover of the couch) and give the impression as if they were dirty (in fact, they aren't)

+ major plus is the owner! Alfredo is lovely, he tries to help in every matter. He lives downstairs, but his presence is hard to notice, so that is not a problem, + really close to Mondello beach, + really big, clean and well equipped apartment with big terrace (nice view on the nearby mountain) + great neighborhood - really quiet and green - Mondello seems to be the rich suburbia for Palermo + easy and cheap access to Palermo (806 bus, 1,40 EUR for 1 trip)

the beach is divided into two parts (3/4 is commercial, and 1/4 is free and really crowded even before the season) restaurants are located on the other side of Mondello, but it is a nice walk along the beach, so that's not a problem