Taormina was stunning. Vibrant, buzzy, fun. We did cable car (6min walk from apartment) to Mazzona beach and went out for dinner at Trattoria La Botte which was just by our apartment. Delicious! Walking around the town at night was busy but alot of fun to people watch. Of course the ice cream was amazing as always.
Apartment was clean and well equipped. Excellent location. Up two flights of stairs in case you don't fancy the stairs but was fine for us. Apartment a bit noisey but the trade off was being in heart of town and with 2 kids it's always an early morning for us anyway.
California car park was recommended to us by owner as it was 300m from the flat, which was one of the deciding factors to us choosing the flat. Unfortunately when we arrived at 1pm as agreed with the owner the car park was shut from 12.30-4pm. Would have been good to know this in advance. Also it doesn't open until 8.30am which is no good for an early departure. It took us over an hour to find alternative parking and then a 15 minute walk in heat of the day with 2 kids and baggage was not fun. Would we stay here again? Yes, especially as we're a little more free prepared.