We had a lovely stay in the apartment in Acireale. The pics on this site perfectly show how lovely the flat is - comfy, spacious, well designed and a lovely terrace overlooking the sea. The hosts were very helpful and friendly, and even arranged for someone to pick us up from Catania airport to bring us to Acireale (would recommend this/getting a taxi as Acireale station is 20 min walk from the apartment). We don't drive so used public transport to get to Taormina and Catania. Taormina is stunning, and Isola Bella is a stunning beach. There is a really nice lido beach bar called lido La Pigna, which possibly served us some of the tastiest (simple and caters well for veggie and vegans too)food of our hols! In Catania it is definitely worth visiting the biggest wine cellar in Southern Italy called Il Cantiniere where you can try before you buy. Back in Acireale, La Cipriani is a staple people watching place to sip coffee and eat Granita. We had a couple of really good meals in Al Ficodindia for pizza and pasta. Great fish can be had in the restaurant next to Cipriani. We also loved hanging with the locals in cafe El Dorado and also wandering the fish and veg markets in the morning. Such a relaxing break, and definitely also worth going to Santa Maria della Scala which isn't too far a downhill walk from the apartment. Acireale has a community spirit and as we visited slightly out of season it was not touristy and at times we were the only ones in restaurants, but this wasn't an issue for us. To summarise, a great location to explore this side of Sicily along with stunning views of Etna, and a lovely well designed and clean place to stay! Highly recommended!