Denise is a great host! She was very responsive prior to and during our stay. She greeted us when we arrived and made us feel at home. Her apartment is great. It is very spacious, bright and spotlessly clean. The kitchen is well equipped for preparing your own meals. Free parking is available right next to the apartment. If our travels ever find us in Siracusa again, we would definitely stay at Denise's apartment.
Be aware of one thing, the apartment is right across the street from an elementary school, which is kind of charming in many ways, but if you stay there during the school year, you will have a built in alarm clock at 8:00AM every weekday when the kids arrive.