This apartment is nothing fancy; it is good and solid and has everything you need plus some extras. Its location is brilliant: less than a minute to the sea and a couple of minutes to the cathedral; withing a minute you will find a bakery, butcher with lasagnas and very tasty things to go, a wine store, a medium-sized grocery, and pretty much everything you might need including restaurants and a brilliant puppet theater. The very best thing about this apartment is the people who own it: I looked at more upscale listings, but these people were helpful and generous in ways you rarely see in airbnb. They met me on mainland Syracuse and helped me find a free parking space (hen's tooth rare), and then took me and my luggage to the apartment, stocked the apartment with half a dozen beverages plus cereal and bread and other things helpful for householding. They marked a map with what to see, with restaurants that were largely not tourist places but were excellent, showed me how to get around with ease. When I was ready to leave, they took me and my luggage back to my car. Their communication and help at every instance was excellent. I would stay here again in a heartbeat; Ortigia can be intense and confusing when you arrive, but Giuseppe and his wife make it pleasurable and so easy.