Dolce Casa Centro Storico Di Palermo
Via Empedocle 48, Palermo, Sicilia (Sicily), 90141, Italy
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Via Empedocle 48, Palermo, Sicilia (Sicily), 90141, Italy
Hotel Services and Facilities
Free WiFi
Free parking
Free breakfast
Pet friendly
Hotel facilities
- Free Parking
- Pets Allowed
- Room Service
- Air Conditioning
- Bar
- 24-Hour Front Desk
- Coffee shop
- Chapel/shrine
- Heating
- Private check-in/check-out
- Designated Smoking Area
- Family Rooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Off-Site parking
- Sun Deck
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Board games/puzzles
- Indoor play area
- Pet bowls
- Outdoor furniture
- Sun loungers or beach chairs
- Key access
- Fire extinguishers
- Staff follow all safety protocols as directed by local authorities
- Shared stationery such as printed menus, magazines, pens, and paper removed
- Process in place to check health of guests
- First aid kit available
- Linens, towels and laundry washed in accordance with local authority guidelines
- Hand sanitizer in guest accommodation and key areas
- Invoices
- All plates, cutlery, glasses and other tableware have been sanitized
- Grocery delivery
- Contactless check-in/out
- balcony/terrace
- CCTV security in common areas
- Daily disinfection
- Luggage storage & lockers
- Non-smoking property
- Tour services
- Physical/social distancing guidelines
- Protective screen or physical barriers in appropriate areas
- Professional cleaning services
- Pets allowed (charges may apply)
- Airport shuttle (charges may apply)
- Shuttle service (charges may apply)
Airports Show all on map »
- Falcone-Borsellino Airport - 2.70 mi
Museums
- Regional Archaeological Museum Museo Archeologico Regionale - 0.57 mi
- Arsenale di Palermo Museo del Mare - 0.74 mi
- International Marionettes Museum - 0.98 mi
- Il Museo internazionale delle marionette - 0.99 mi
- Museo del Vino e della Civilta Contadina - 1.09 mi
- Museo della Specola Palermo - 1.23 mi
- Museo della Specola dell INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo - 1.23 mi
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Marco (Solo Traveler)
stayed in April, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Perfect location to discover old downtown!
All within 10 minutes walk...
The water pressurer is a bit noisy, but not really an issue.
Volodymyr (Family with young children)
stayed in May, 2025
Guest Score 1 out of 10
Very Poor
Only the location
The apartment was listed as 70 m², but in reality it was about 30–35 m², don’t expect to have a sea view The photos suggested there were two rooms, but it’s actually a small one-bedroom. There was no water for the last two days, and the provided instructions did nothing. Only two towels were available for five nights. Items like sugar, paper towels, and drying rack were also missing.
The worst part was that the host entered the apartment every day while I was away, without my permission, claiming she needed access to a supply closet. On top of that, she even left a message asking me not to leave a mess — which was both disrespectful and unnecessary, as I would never leave a place dirty. It felt like a constant lack of privacy and trust.
Katherine (Family with young children)
stayed in April, 2025
Guest Score 5 out of 10
Fair
Good location
Linen and towels were very old.
Sarah (Solo Traveler)
stayed in February, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
The location, the apartment. And the hist is lovely
I could not stay longer
Daniel (Solo Traveler)
stayed in September, 2024
Guest Score 1 out of 10
Very Poor
Not much
The owner was harassing me asking for cash, even after I had paid with digital transfer, she was rude and pushy. There was no parking anywhere close by, the profile said there was. The street and neighbours were making noise to all hours. The location didn’t feel safe as it’s directly across from an abandoned building in a bad neighbourhood.
Lana (Family with young children)
stayed in September, 2024
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Alina (Family with young children)
stayed in September, 2024
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
The host is very lovely and friendly, and very on point. Me and my mum really enjoyed our stay, and we had lots of space all around.
Tao (Couple)
stayed in August, 2024
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
Nice sized apartment.
Well organized staff.
Decent level of comfort inside for the price.
AC in common room.
Apartment is right on the edge of a "So-So" neigborhood. A bit of a slummy area, but not far from nice areas.
Good for budget travelers who are willing to be in a little bit of a grungy/sketchy neighborhood adjacent to nice areas in order to get more space or save money..
2nd AC is needed in bedroom, space too large to be cooled completely with just the AC in the common area.
Paul (Couple)
stayed in June, 2024
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
The property itself was lovely, Palermo in general is quite a run down place however the people were lovely, and the place was clean and had almost everything we needed.
I didn’t like that there were areas of the property locked off which was unusual and the fact the oven didn’t work as it had been broken wasn’t ideal. It would be good if them to fix this as Palermo didn’t really do any meals which didn’t require an oven as convenient meals.
Sylvie (Couple)
stayed in January, 2024
Guest Score 3 out of 10
Poor
The situation of the place is perfect, close to the harbour and centre.
The house was superficially cleaned, but we found old food (fish) in the oven so the smell was horrible. The owner had opened all windows when we came, asked immediately for the full payment in cash and was not seen until after we contacted her about the rugged sink, a mattress that was more a hammock and about the smell. Even after cleaning the old fish we could only stay leaving all windows open. Probably the furniture was previously used in a smokers pub. She cleaned 3 days later, leaving the windows open and taking all but 1 towel away.
We loved Palermo but cannot recommend staying at that house at all.
leila (Family with young children)
stayed in July, 2023
Guest Score 3 out of 10
Poor
The apartment is a 9 minute walk to the Palermo port. We picked this apartment because our ferry was leaving at 2.30 am on our second night in Palermo.
LOCATION
- the neighbourhood is sketchy: it’s pretty dirty with collapsed building around, and the only night I parked my rental car on the street, someone vandalised the passenger door with a key. We ended up paying €165 for the damage. It’s a shame since I could have returned it the night before but the owner told us it was safe to park in the neighbourhood.
- Most interesting places to visit were all 25/30 minutes away by foot, and given the extreme heat in Palermo in the summer, it was almost impossible to reach these monuments with my kids. For the same price or a few extra dollars, you could get an apartment much closer to the historical center.
APARTMENT
- there was no AC in the bedroom, so my husband and I “slept” on the single beds in the living room. The beds were horrible, the bed was swinging and it felt like the bed feet were going to break every time we moved. When I addressed the issue to the owner, she told me it they were expensive therapeutic beds …
- the bedsheets and towels are extremely old and rough! The owner charges €20/person for them, so customers deserve better!
- The bedcover in the bedroom was dirty.
- the kitchen is old and not practical.
- there is no bathmat in the bathroom, but an old and dirty doormat by the shower instead!!!
- I found a dead roach (small one) in the bathroom, so it made me wonder is there were more hiding in the kitchen and bathroom.
Grenville (Couple)
stayed in June, 2023
Guest Score 5 out of 10
Fair
Sharon (Couple)
stayed in March, 2023
Guest Score 2 out of 10
Poor
Nothing to like really about the apartment. Shame as it ended up being purely functional. You never lose . you either win or learn & we've learnt the hard way. Shame as the one thing we loved was Sicily. Stunning country.
By far the worst & most deceiving place I have ever booked thru booking.com or any company actually. The private host collected us from the airport €40 and to be quite honest that was a fair price but you would have never found the apartment any other way. We went up the dingy stairs into the flat and at first glance it looked fine. We went to the balcony I was horrified by the view, of course there are no pics up there of this view by the hosts. Downstairs was a car garage & from morning till night constant noise. We were definitely in the worst part of town - 15 minute walk to the good parts.
We waited 3 days for a plug to be delivered as we could not have a bath without. Told to use the shower – pic att of the water coming out of the shower. No shower or bath for 3 days We could not use the oven as the oven door was put on back to front. How to believe - pic uploaded. Hosts have another flat and those are the pics they use on booking.com not the one we stayed in which was quite simply awful and if I had time I would file for compensation.
We were told because our flight was in the evening that if we wanted to stay after checkout time at 10:30 AM we would have to pay 20€. We said that was fine as an option. I messaged the lady and said we left the apartment we are not going to have the extended option and she sent me abusive texts demanding €50. Hard to believe but I will be submitting the screenshots of the texts that she sent us to booking.com customer services as they were remarkably abusive.
Bedding was absolutely awful; the fitted sheet did not fit the bed so we ended up sleeping on the undercover which was plastic. There were lots of holes in the blankets – pic uploaded one of which I've listed up as a pic. Picture the frame they had on the walls displaying a booking.com 8.6 rating, they are newly listed, and I wonder if they falsified this rating card they had hanging up. It was dated as 2014 !!!
Inese (Business Traveler)
stayed in March, 2023
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Sonissy (Couple)
stayed in March, 2023
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Souad (Family with young children)
stayed in March, 2023
Guest Score 4 out of 10
Disappointing
Location
Non working wifi
Patrick (Couple)
stayed in February, 2023
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
facilities and locations
nothing else
Ange (Group Traveler)
stayed in February, 2023
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
Hanna (Group Traveler)
stayed in October, 2022
Guest Score 6 out of 10
Pleasant
Everything was clean and comfortable. A bit away from city centre so no disturbing noise during the nights.
You need to set a timer to heat the water in the shower. We weren't informed so there were a few cold showers unfortunately until we figured it out
Tadhg (Couple)
stayed in October, 2022
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
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Area information
- Falcone-Borsellino Airport - 2.70 mi
- Regional Archaeological Museum Museo Archeologico Regionale - 0.57 mi
- Arsenale di Palermo Museo del Mare - 0.74 mi
- International Marionettes Museum - 0.98 mi
- Il Museo internazionale delle marionette - 0.99 mi
- Museo del Vino e della Civilta Contadina - 1.09 mi
- Museo della Specola Palermo - 1.23 mi
- Museo della Specola dell INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo - 1.23 mi
- Stazione Notarbartolo - 0.85 mi
- Notarbartolo Train Station - 0.89 mi
- Teatro Massimo - 0.57 mi
- Church of Saint Augustine Chiesa di Sant Agostino - 0.77 mi
- Church of San Domenico - 0.78 mi
- Church of San Francesco of Assisi Chiesa di San Francesco d Assisi - 0.99 mi
- Palermo Cathedral - 1.00 mi
- Church of San Cataldo - 1.00 mi
- Civica Galleria d Arte Moderna Empedocle Restivo - 0.26 mi
- Teatro Politeama - 0.31 mi
- Piazza Politeama - 0.34 mi
- Giardino Inglese - 0.39 mi
- Palermo Harbour - 0.42 mi
- Centro Teatro Danza - 0.59 mi
- Mercato ortofrutticolo - 0.70 mi
- Vucciria - 0.80 mi
- Oratory of the Rosary of St Dominic Oratorio del Rosario di San Domeni - 0.83 mi
- Teatro Biondo Stabile di Palermo - 0.85 mi
- Chiesa S Maria della Catena - 0.92 mi
- Quattro Canti - 0.93 mi
- Palazzo Chiaramonte - 0.95 mi
- La Vucciria - 0.96 mi
- Piazza Pretoria - 0.96 mi
- Fontana della Vergogna - 0.96 mi
- Oratorio di San Lorenzo - 0.97 mi
- Santa Maria dell Ammiraglio La Martorana - 1.01 mi
- Villino Florio - 1.02 mi
- Palazzo Butera - 1.02 mi
- Villa Malfitano - 1.03 mi
- Palazzo Mirto - 1.03 mi
- Archivio Storico Comunale - 1.04 mi
- Chiesa del Gesu - 1.09 mi
- Madonna Annunciate - 1.10 mi
- Triumph of Death fresco - 1.10 mi
- Galleria d'Arte Regionale Palazzo Abatellis - 1.11 mi
- Chiesa di Santa Chiara - 1.11 mi
- La Gancia - 1.12 mi
- Via Maqueda - 1.14 mi
- La Magione - 1.18 mi
- Santa Maria della Pieta - 1.20 mi
- Palazzo Comitini - 1.20 mi
- Kalsa Area - 1.20 mi
- Palazzo Reale - 1.23 mi
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Dolce Casa Centro Storico Di Palermo
Via Empedocle 48, Palermo, Sicilia (Sicily), 90141, Italy