A top-notch, top floor apartment. This is Donatella's home and it feels good and alive. The kitchen is stocked with quality oils, sweeteners, and condiments, plenty of cups, a Moka pot, a charming electric kettle, pots, pans, cutlery, everything! The apartment is also well located, within easy walking distance of a decent supermarket, a massive street market, and a Metro that will for just one euro take you almost all the way to a NaturaSi natural foods store. The large balcony overlooks a part of the old city that is undergoing a slow restoration; still very much a work in progress, but interesting and engaging to wander through with lots of cafes, bars, and gelaterias, plus the Opera House, and Millefoglie, possibly the only dedicated vegan/vegetarian restaurant in Catania. In the the old city it is evident that the state of the exterior does not reflect the state of the interior. Oh yes, on a clear day Mount Etna can be seen between the apartments to the west, even a glimpse however leaves an unforgettable and rather disturbing impression of implacable indifference.