Giuseppe was extremely friendly and very helpful. He helped carry our very heavy luggage...and we had a lot of bags!

The apartment is located in a sketchy area but most of the neighborhoods appeared this way in Catania. But there is a convenient grocery store very close by. And Via Etnea is about a 15-20min walk away, where you can do lots of shopping. But if you want souvenirs go to Palazzo degli Elefanti...which is a huge square. There was a little shop where we purchased some nice items (trinakrie, lava stone, craft puppet)...which I couldn't find anywhere else for some reason.

The apartment itself was very nice and felt very cozy. Giuseppe bought Christmas cake for our family, and had a huge bowl of oranges he picked himself (which my daughter ate most of). He even had a little Christmas tree all decorated which the children loved!

Thank you, Giuseppe for letting us stay in your home.