Let's start with the good things: the apartment is renovated and it is beautiful. The location is within easy reach of the railway station and the city center. It hosts comfortably two couples, plus it can fit - not so comfortably - two more people in an extendable couch. It is fully furnished and the host was nice enough to give us biscuits, coffee, pasta... very nice touch. On a negative side, the street itself is very creepy. You are basically the only white person walking there and, in the evening, prostitutes are baiting clients 200 meters from your door. We have not been bothered by anyone - to be perfectly fair - but the picture does not make you feel at ease. Catania is generally an (unreasonably) expensive city in terms of accommodation, so Francesco's apartment is undoubtedly value for money. Last detail: the stairs to the second floor are steep, so in my opinion this accommodation is not the right one if you have large luggage or if you have limited mobility.