We stay at Salvatore's place for 3 nights. The apt is spacious and located on 4th floor. Especially we loved the balcony accessing from the living room with a amazing view of Piazza Santa Lucia. We spent every evening at this airy balcony and enjoyed the view. The communication with Salvatore went well, as well as the checking in, even though he doesn't speak English. He was flexible with the checking in and checking out time, which is fitting us very well.
The apt is standard equipped with old fashioned furnitures. The apt was clean and the WIFI worked perfectly. One thing it should be better informed is that there is air-condition only in the main bedroom. The another bedroom has only fans and the window is facing into a courtyard to another apt, so it's a little bit difficult to cool down the smaller bedroom.
The apt is located in between Origia and the commercial area near the train station. Siracusa is a small town so you can reach those two areas within 10-15 minutes walk. Just around the apt doesn't provide many commercials and restaurants, but you will all bacics you need. The location is very quiet and feel safe. The playground on Piazza Santa Lucia was highly appreciated by our children. The apt is located outside of the traffic limited area and there was no hassels to find free parking spaces just outside the door.
We had a wonderful stay in Siracusa and we consider Siracusa as a family friendly town with many playgrounds and children-friendly attractions. Salvatore's apt is a good base for exploring Siracusa.