The location is perfect. It was a bit confusing to get to as Taormina is very small, hilly with lots of little roads off little roads, our taxi driver had to call Antonio on the phone for directions as he was going round in circles. The block of apartments is lovely, with beautiful gardens. The view from the balcony is spectacular, sea, countryside, hillside, pool and Etna - which I do believe was steaming away while we were there. The apartment has a short cut to the Corso Umberto, about 20-30 narrow steps up to a road and another 30-40 steps down nearer the main drag. In 5 minutes you are at the Corso Umberto. We arrived at Taormina late so had to venture out after 10pm for food in the only thunderstorm they have seen this year. If you are arriving late take tea bags, coffee, sugar, dried milk etc - anything you will need for the morning as the shops were shut at this hour. There is a little supermarket at the bottom of the short cut steps. There is cleaning stuff left at the apartment which is great for dishes and countertops etc. Often you dont even get a dish towel or a brush!. There is a hair dryer and I do think I saw an Iron but we didnt use it. We didnt try the telly so I dont know what it was like or what stations were available. The pool looked fab but we didnt get to try it as our time was short and we had other things to do. We didnt hear any noise from neighbours so im guessing it was well insulated. Thanks to Antonios parents who greeted us at 10pm and got us installed in the apartment through the storm, especially Antonios dad who showed us how to get down the town via the shortcut ......even though he got soaked. Taormina is beautiful. There are plenty of hotels but I liked the location of this place, along with the tranquility, the pool and the view.