Gaetano was very welcoming and gave my husband and I great tips! His place is clean and well equipped. It is also steps from Porta Catania (Corso Umberto). We absolutely recommend it.
Side note: we drove to Taormina and took us close to two hours to arrive to the apartment (counting from the highway toll). Our advice, as well as Gaetano's, arrive before 5 p.m., specially during the months of July and August to avoid delays like this one. Even thought it was late, Gaetano kept in touch with us, met us were the free shuttle left us and helped us get to the apartment.