MareinSicilia Dammusa Residence

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : - An employee greeted us on arrival and gave us an explanation. She was very nice. (even though she spoke only Italian and communication was complicated) - Bed was alright (especially compared to other similarly priced bnbs). - There was kind of a see view from the side of the balcony, but not at all as described in the website or on the photos. - The village near by was very useful and was accessible by car or on foot (10-15 min walk) - The village, donnalucata, is very authentic (aka super simple, not so tourist oriented) and has several coffees, 3 grocery stores, and a bakery the makes local pastries. (and an arancini shop of-course). - The area in general was very quiet and peaceful, slightly off the beaten path (especially at off\half-season)
  : - Major hot water \ water pressure issues - the entire apartment (it would seem it is the same for all of their apartments) is dependent on a tiny water heater with the capacity of a cooking pot. We had to wait about 30 min between showers for the water to re-heat, which is ridiculous. At one point the water heater just broke and as it could not have been fixed we were given a key to go shower in another apartment (which had the same tiny water heater). - The sea is close but the nice beaches \ restaurants are not a walking distance away, so most of the time to do anything else than going to the pool (when not to cold) or walking to the village grocery store - everything requires a car. - The pool was open but it is not heated or covered so it was not usable most of the time (we where there in mid May and it was to cold). - The place is clean, and pretty new, but very very basic. everything (furniture, appliances, etc) is cheep quality, and the kitchen is poorly equipped. (not even a proper knife for cooking). - All of the staff speaks only Italian so all communication is with google translate [we are fluent in several languages, so it's not only about english hehe] . (but they are nice and make an effort) - They asked us to fill in extra registration details even though we already paid on booking when doing the check-in (such as our fiscal number for example, which we refused to give), as it seemed quite strange and intrusive. - The place is adjacent to a pretty active road (main road leading to the nearby village), so the peace and quite is interrupted quite often by passing cars.