We stayed in the 1st floor apartment at Francesco's house. The house used to belong to his grandmother and still retains lots of character. We had a large private terrace from which we had great views along the coast and of Mount Etna which was smoking constantly while we were there. As the weather was great we didn't spend too much time indoors but the apartment had everything we needed although I guess you could say that some of the house decor has dated somewhat and some of the terrace furniture was damaged, although I do appreciate modernisation is costly and is a work in progress. We had private parking which is a real asset in Taormina and we were only 10mins walk into town (via some steep steps though!). Francesco was very helpful and was there to meet us when we arrived and was always available if we needed anything (we didn't though). This is a great place to stay in Taormina, we really enjoyed our stay.