Casa Orioles

The location is perfect for a visit to the city! The room was small but clean and modern. However there is no identification on the building marking the location, and the front desk is not staffed. We had to call to have the staff come and let us in to check into our room. Also our keycard stopped working on one day and we had to call to have it reset, our calls were not answered or returned right away, resulting in us locked out of our room for a few hours.

This is a nice apartment in Palermo's old town, within 10-15 min walk to the Norman Palace, the cathedral and il Capo market and 20-25 min to the old town. The room was very spacious and clean, the bathroom was also spotless clean. You have to go through the living room to get to the bathroom but since we were the only ones in the apartment it was OK. We had access to the kitchen but we didn't really need to use it. Laura is very friendly and welcoming and gave us terrific recommendations for what to see and do in the limited time we had. We very much enjoyed the pastry shop she recommended (Bistro Capello, right next to Porta Nuova near the Norman Palace) - probably the best ricotta cannoli in town. With regards to parking - the house is within the ZTL however there's plenty of parking on the street a block up. We were actually lucky as the ZTL is not active on the weekend and were able to park right outside of the house.

I would recommend this hotel to any traveller (except maybe if you have mobility issues as there are a lot of steps up to the rooms). The hotel is right in the middle of the historic area with a 20 minute walk to the Capuchin Catacombs in one direction and to the water front in the other. Our 'room' was huge and was actually a self-contained apartment with beautiful high ceilings. We only had one interaction with staff upon arrival but she was very friendly and welcoming. There is parking near by, but the streets are VERY narrow if you want to park right by the hotel. However, a 2 minute walk away there is plenty of parking in a square and on the street. I would definitely return to this hotel in the future.