We stayed at Marco's apartment during our visit to Catania and Taormina. Marco was extremely hospitable and this was obvious from the start when he patiently waited for us until 10:30pm to check us into his apartment. Marco's apartment is about a 20 minute drive from Catania, however it is in a quiet town which has the hills on one side and is located two streets from the sea. His place was extremely clean and the neighbourhood is very quiet as well. We were driving a big 9-seater van and while we could not use the parking inside the private compound, there was always plenty of parking just outside the entrance on the street. Marco was always prompt in responding to our questions and was a wonderful host.
The only minor issue we had was that there is a restriction on internet usage of 7.5gb a week, and the people who stayed before us had used up the weekly quota, so we had no WiFi access for a day. However, this was not a major issue for us since one of us had an international data package. Overall we had a wonderful stay at Marco's place.