The wrap around deck and great views really made this experience. The location is also great- just a few welcome steps away from the maddening crowds - a needed respite. Some great bars and restaurants on your door step, off the over crowded corso. You really need to plan your visit around the cruise ship schedules - it can be a triple whammy - one anchored in the bay, one in Messina and one in Catania. Bus loads of passengers descend on Taormina...another victim of mass tourism. The only other negative is the two poor barking dogs left outside all day on a terrace below...But I suspect noise is an issue anywhere in Taormina, if not dogs, it will be bars etc.