Our visit to Giardini Naxos was a big surprise. The apartment was well decorated and with view to the sea which I was not really expecting, the pictures on website and description don't show and say exactly where is it. It's just in front of the sea, 30 seconds to go to into the water. Just wonderful. So was more than amazing surprise. We did not meet Gaia but her mum, she was absolutely kind. She went to pick up my boyfriend to the train station as he went first from Palermo. She recommended what to see and what to do and some good places where to eat, plus gave us local fruits and left mineral water in the fridge. Gaia also recommend a lot of things to do before, to give a better idea when making a decision. La putia restaurant we needed to book in advance but for sure will visit again all this area cause there were a lot of things we didn't have time to do. There are everything you need close by, bars, mini market, pubs, night club plus there are connection by bus to Taormina. We rented a car, it's very cheap and worth it, but some of my friends rented a scooter. There are agency's everywhere to rent so that won't be a problem, the car we did in the airport cause we were not sure how difficult could be.
In conclusion I highly recommend Gaia's apartment and would stay there again!