We had a fantastic time staying for 2 weeks at Mario's appartment in Syracuse this Easter. Mario was an excellent host, meeting us at the appartment and telling us lots about the area and places to eat, even though we arrived quite late from the airport. He also showed us places to park our hire car. Mario also provided us with breakfast for the next day, and there was even beer and sparkling wine in the fridge! We are a couple with 2 children and my mother also accompanied us and the 3 bedroom appartment was ideal for our needs, being very comfortable and only about 10mins walk from the old city of Ortygia. We spent quite a few days in Syracuse exploring the old city and the archeological sites (e.g. the Greek theatre, the castle of Euralyus) but we also like to travel so we also visited the necropolis Pantalica, the towns of Noto, Scicli and Modica, we saw snow on Etna, the beach at Venticari, visited the amazing Roman mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale, and on our final day, we went to see the Roman theatre at Taormina. We did eat out several times and had some excellent meals, but having a well equipped kitchen and dining area was great as I love cooking, and we were able to easily entertain my sister and her family who were staying elsewhere in Syracuse. The washing machine was also a great help, and it was fine to hang washing on a line outside the appartment. This has been our first experience with Airbnb and it has been a memorable one, so thanks Mario, we will definitely recommend your appartment to friends and hope to return ourselves one day.