Residence Ortigia

We arrived late, around 9.50 pm after 11hrs train & bus trip, access was thankfully simple. The apartments are reached via a restaurants large court yard. Yay a vodka tonic and dinner at our door, so welcome after our long day. Apartment is quiet, very good sound proofing, (restaurant closes at 11). Accommodation is simple, clean and spacious. The bed is huge! Whats app communication with staff very helpful. Great little kitchenette, lacked a kettle, but had everything else.We had booked early and it was cheap. Sadly we hadn't booked more days at accommodation..Ortigia is fabulous and hard to leave, would have happily stayed much longer.

Cute mini apartment with huge comfortable bed Great location in Ortigia, in the courtyard of Vecchio Pub 1979 (good for dinner), which has a big beautiful tree It was not noisy from the pub Friendly staff and helpful staff in person Being able to leave luggage after check out

Great location! it’s a bit tricky to find because there are some construction works outside but it’s a nice place, super close to main attractions and restaurants.

The location is very good and looks very good. It has 2 air conditioners, so it will cope regardless of the season. It is at number 3, in an inner courtyard, but it is signposted with a poster.

The location is superb, being 200m away from two beaches that offer pleasant swimming and sunbathing. The courtyard that the properties open out onto is stunningly beautiful. It is the beer garden for the pub/restaurant next door, but don't let this put you off. The pub offers a wonderful opportunity to sit and have a drink on arrival, literally at the front door while you are awaiting somebody to turn up with the keys to your apartment. I should mention that we had a conversation with the waiter who mentioned that he wasn't surprised to see us waiting for some time, it happens all the time apparently. The property owners are a bit slow to get back to you to organise the check-in and didn't answer the phone so we did need to wait for 2-3 hours upon arrival before somebody turned up. There is an electronic locking system too, so they could have just given us the code, but they needed to take payment so I guess that was the reason why they insist on being there. I have nothing bad to say about Ortigia itself. It was my favourite part of our trip to Sicily. Water pressure wonderful, an adequate kitchenette. Our toddler slept downstairs on the sofa bed with no problems. Walking out the door to be able to sit at a table and eat/drink in the courtyard really was wonderful and the noise at night is no problem. The waiters at the pub were very, very nice as we saw them basically every day, several times on the way in and out. A wonderful property and I would definitely stay here or somewhere similar when visiting Ortigia again.