The “Terrazza del Merlo” apartment is located on the fourth and top floor of a residential building in the centre of Palermo’s old town. The tastefully furnished flat in the trendy “Kalsa” neighbourhood is located in a quiet side street and has a spacious terrace with a view over the rooftops of the city and the mountains beyond. All of Palermo’s sights are within walking distance, Piazza Marina is just around the corner, the marina “La Cala” or via Vittoria Emanuele can be reached in less than 5 minutes.

The entrance door leads into the bright living room, which is furnished with two comfortable armchairs (one is a pull-out chair bed), a TV and a dining table with two chairs. The fully equipped kitchen is directly adjacent and can be closed off with sliding doors if required. Two double doors lead out onto the spacious terrace, which also has a dining table and comfortable chairs. The double bedroomand the bathroom are at the rear. The apartment has air conditioning for cooling and heating.

Palermo – The most exciting city in Italy

“Palermo is noisy and chaotic!” they say. Is that a fact? Maybe it is right next to the motorway, but who wants to take a holiday there!? Certainly not our guests, who can choose from a range of luxury and well soundproofed apartments in the very centre of town.

Amongst European cities of its size, nowhere is a trendier pick for a city break or culture-filled getaway than Palermo. As the city sheds the old cliches of the twentieth century, travellers are thronging to the four historic neighbourhoods that make up its old town, its leafy boulevards and buzzing piazzas, and the newly-pedestrianised thoroughfares that are its main arteries.

The old town district of La Loggia even has its own marina, known as La Cala:

We can’t believe any city in Italy has changed more than Palermo over the past 20 years, so if you’re still picturing the old cliches of crime and chaos, you’ve got to come and see for yourself what everyone’s talking about.

Palermo is the perfect base for a winter holiday in Sicily. The summer tourists thin out noticeably by mid-October, but the weather is still glorious right up to Christmas. Even in January, the sun shines here for an average of four hours a day. Beat the crowds and discover the real Palermo with a winter getaway in the Mediterranean.