House is amazing!!! Owner Monica is absolutely terrific, true Italian lady, stylish, warm, gentle and veru helpful. She made my vacation better. Hope to come back, soon.

The house and gardens were beautiful and well looked after. Monica was a very attentive and helpful host. Breakfast was very good. Proximity to the airport and great for exploring Palermo and the west of Sicily.

Breakfast was a little pricey. Although you can walk into Mondello (this was not a problem for us), a car is advisable.

We spent one night in Monica's beautiful house and throughly enjoyed every second of it. The house was tastefully decorated and made us feel as if we were staying in a mansion. The bathroom was splendid - very clean and spacious. The views from the windows were spectacular, as you could see the mountains and the palm trees at the same time which made for a surreal landscape. Monica waited for us although we arrived at 11pm at the property and served us a beer and some chips, which we really appreciated. She also kindly offered me some make-up remover as I didn't have any with me on the night we arrived. The next morning she left biscuits, brioches, eggs and coffee for us to have for breakfast, although breakfast was not included, so this was a very nice extra. We then headed outside with our coffees and breakfast and relaxed by the pool reading a book. The pool was fantastic and we were the only ones using it. Monica's dog, Balu, was also a very nice extra - he was adorable and very gentle. We stayed at the property until around 12pm and then left to explore Palermo, but if we had more time to spend in Sicily we would have happily stayed even longer at the property as it is exquisite.

The pillows were a bit too hard but otherwise everything was great!

This is a wonderful spot in Mondello! Quiet, spacious, with the use of a swimming pool, a beautiful modern kitchen and a garden area. This villa is just grandiose and Monica the perfect hostess!

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The interior design was very stylish and it matched perfectly with the architectural design.

We arrived very late but our host kindly agreed to prepare us a home cooked meal for a very reasonable price. This was genuinely up there with the best food we ate in Sicily! Delicious, filling 3 courses which she pre arranged with us(note: make sure you are ready with cash for this) She picked out a delicious wine to accompany the meal and her sweet dog joined us and was a true gentleman. The house was so beautiful with selected pieces of art and furniture unlike anything we saw for the rest of our trip. Typically Sicilian but highly curated for furniture and art buffs. It was clean and comfortable. We woke to a beautiful pool and a lovely swim. The beach was a fairly short walk and our host showed us where to get some delicious beach snacks. She was very helpful.

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Beautiful pool and garden and a lovely dog which is kind of sitting the house :) ! The villa itself looks wonderful and has such a great and special atmosphere!

You should know that you cannot lock your own room, only the main door to the Villa when you leave it. Our room was very small and the small lights on the night stand didn't work, so we had to use the big (way too) lightning lamp.

Very beautiful, luxury and cozy living. We felt like home. The hostess Monica was wonderful, prepared a delicious breakfast for us. we will definetly go back. Katrin ja Allan

Monika is a very good host, she helped with everything we needed. Breakfasts tailored to our preferences. Comfortable house and room, climatically furnished. Peace and quiet needed to relax :)

Beautiful beautiful beautiful you need to visit to believe it …..Monica’s Villa is only about 10 mins to the center of Palermo by car, 4 mins to the beaches, 2 mins to some amazing restaurants. Everything is so easy. Thank you for making our stay so enjoyable 🙏😊

Perfect house with beautifull dog ;)

We had a great holiday, however there were a number of things that tainted our experience. The location is in walking distance to restaurants and approx. 25/30mins to Mondello sea front, however the streets surrounding the house are dark and have multiple dogs that continue to bark throughout the day and night (often waking us up early each morning). We received a kind message from Monica ahead of arriving offering us dinner on the first night, however this was not provided. Neither were the breakfasts suggested in the description. Marco, her son, greeted us and was extremely welcoming. However he text me the following morning asking for 100 euros for taxes (when these were meant to be 42)- after calling booking.com to confirm – we received a message to apologise. Unfortunately this wasn’t the end of money requests. Mid-week we received a message from Monica saying she was coming round to collect money for energy consumption. Again this wasn’t listed and when calling booking.com – they confirmed we did not owe any more money. Both times we did invite Monica to the property to discuss and she did not turn up – leaving us hanging. We then began to receive messages about air conditioning use and asking us to turn it off. It is not stated that air conditioning was limited and were using modestly so this was frustrating to receive and another dampener on our holiday. If you are wondering how they knew we were using air con – it turns out that Monica and her son live next door. At no point is this mentioned in the description or upon meeting but it is an odd situation feeling watched. A few points about the house – we were told the pool boy comes every morning at 6am – he only came twice in our week. The pool does get green and a lot of leafs, wasps, flys in the pool over night so it is needed. When we chased for the pool boy to attend – he turned up late at 945am which meant we couldn’t go in the pool until 12pm as it takes 2 hours for the chemicals to settle.

The pool was amazing

Barking dogs from the neighbourhood