Incredible views from a great location in a large, lovely apartment. Lots of space, well equipped kitchen, and best of all, a super helpful and gracious host. We loved Giampero's apartment and found it very easy to get to town, the store, etc. We left the car in a lot down below and were happy not to have it during our few days in Taormina. Finding the apartment is a bit tricky - the GPS can't really deal with the tiny narrow streets, but Giampero met us when we got lost and showed us how to get there, then came with us to the parking garage and showed us how to walk back (very quick). One night we decided to cook in and watch a Women's World Cup soccer game on TV - we forgot to get olive oil when we bought the rest of our groceries and he graciously gave us a big bottle when we asked for a quarter cup! The only drawback of the apartment in the height of summer is that there is not air conditioning in the bedrooms, and even the unit in the dining room (which would never cool off the bedrooms) was barely adequate to cool down the dining and living rooms plus kitchen unless we also used a floor fan to blow cool air directly from under the heat pump/AC toward wherever we were at the moment. The apartment is up high and there are plenty of windows and doors to open (and shutters to close during the day to help keep things cooler), so it isn't unbearable for sleeping, but during the day and evening it is definitely very warm. We would choose it again, but maybe not in mid-July through August.