Stenopus Greco

Very disappointing location, with an Owner who did not feel like it at all, the arrogance dripped off. They did not respond to messages and did not show themselves at all. The room was not clean (really dirty) and there were holes in the sheets. The sofa bed we had to unfold and make ourselves and was so old and sagging that you could not sleep on it normally. Also, the promised equipment as described in the description was not present (kettle, washing machine etc.). The balcony was beautiful, but you could not sit or open the door to it because of the terrible fish smell of the restaurants that are present under the building on the square. Black smelly smoke comes from the chimneys that stand on the balcony. We definitely do not recommend this place, there are much better places to stay in Santa Flavia.

Wonderful balcony views over the harbour and the owner was very friendly and helpful, giving great recommendations for restaurants and local attractions. I would definitely stay here again in the future.

We checked out a (pre-paid) day early from Cefalu due to the fact is was impossible to sleep from the live music noise till well after 00:30 AM. The car headed in the direction of Palermo and we found this lovely, quite untouristic fishermen village Porticello. We like to stay away from other tourists spots as much as we can usually. We called Stenopus Greco and about half an hour later we checked in the front room at the friendly discounted price (still low season). Hassle free check-in, we didn't see anybody during our 1 night stay. The owner was so kind to bring us (shouting down from our balcony) in contact with the owner of the restaurant below, restaurant Kantuccio. The owner gave us a plastic bag of shrimps (for free) to go fishing in the harbour. I will write a review about that place as it was the probably the best food we had in the 9 days Sicily. Fantastic fresh catch of the day, amazing wine. Pro's: - our front room was ok with a great view on the fisher boats coming back with the fresh fish. Loved the smell of the sea, loved the little balcony. - rooms had items in it of over 300 years. Very beautiful, but not handy. - great sunrise over the harbour! - pragmatic no-nonsense owner, friendly, & discrete (aka mostly absent). Con's: - it wasn't our style of bed nor shower. Somehow, we didn't have water early morning but a tad later after we had packed the water was running. For sure, this is not standard, I suspect normally everything works fine. - we probably wouldn't stay at Greco for more then 1 or 2 days. But we wouldn't complain for this price, and especially views, it was a pleasure to stay just for a single night. As we had a good last minute discounted rate which was for sure not the usual high season rate, it is difficult to say value for money wise where Stenopus stands.