The location is great -- a few turns behind the Piazzo di Duomo, and easy access to all three Siracusa beaches; and in front of the apartment, in the Piazza San Giuseppe, are two convenient eateries. And one of the two apartments we rented is very stylish, good for gathering with cocktails or some shared culinary activity, for instance.
A few things to emphasize however, as several other reviews have, which to my disappointment I did not attend closely enough to.
1) though all the apartments *have access* to the courtyard, i.e., with a key, of our two only *one* faced onto the courtyard. I wish this had been made rather more clear in the description, since what I thought would be shared living, two apartments across the same courtyard shared exclusively (i.e., only) by the two, was not at all the case. The courtyard was shared by a number of other unassociated units, and to get from one apartment to the other took going out onto the street and down a few doors. Easy enough, to be sure, but not the in effect 4 bedroom place I was expecting.
2) in the apartment that enters directly onto the street, though it is advertised as having two bedrooms, it in fact has two lofts, which are not private from one another and are *certainly* not safe for young children. So that apt would work only for a family with older children or two couples (or individuals) quite comfortable in each others space!
3) in the apartment that faces the courtyard, though the two rooms are spacious, with a third sitting room, there is effectively no cabinet/drawers space, and the wi-fi works mainly in the kitchen -- so don't expect to use wi-fi at, for example, the desk at the back of the apartment.