I attended a wedding in Taormina in June, whilst most guests were staying in overpriced hotels I was bang in the centre of town, in an nice, old style AIRBNB, where you live in someone's house and share their home. (instead of business plans that buy up half a city to rent for aibnb, destroying the life of the cities and making it impossible for normal people who live there to pay rents..) The flat is in a small street with some stairs (vey easy access) which leads to the main street, and it has a pretty garden and some garden chairs. The double room with bathroom has access to the terrace and it's very nice, the individual room I moved to afterwards is small, but adequate and quieter. Wifi works well, the flat is super clean and the breakfast is in Ausilia's dining room, at a table with other guests (so I met some interesting people too!) It's coffee, dry toast, a small crosissant and cakes.
Ausilia was super nice, she even sewed the seam of some trousers I had to wear to the aperitif, which had become undone! I will definitely return with my partner when we visit Taormina.