Casa Gioia is beautiful! We had a wonderful stay here. Communication with Federica is excellent, the location is very central, and the apartment is very nice. It is clean, AC is really good (needed after being under the Sicilian sun all day), and she even has some light offerings in the kitchen like tea/coffee and cereal. I will say the bed isn’t the comfiest, but nothing to harp on. Also the walk from teatro massimo where the cab will drop you off is convenient and close, but be prepared to pull your luggage down stone streets and then up four flights to the apartment, we didn’t realize it was a 4 floor walk up. However, the view from the balcony in the apartment is so gorgeous. And overall we really enjoyed our stay here!!