The apartment was very clean, with one bedroom with a large bed, and a sofa bed in the living room. We needed 2 beds, so I took the sofa bed. It's not completely comfortable, but I still slept pretty well on it anyway. Its on a far end of the city center, which is great for walking the length of the center on one side, then returning on the other side. It's about a 15 min walk one way, unless you're a shopper like I am!
We arrived with a driver, who helped us up to the square with our luggage, and our greeter (whose name I've forgotten) helped us up more steps to get to the apartment.
Taormina is a must see in Sicily, even thought it's quite *touristy* , and Pierluigi's apartment is great. The room overlooked a beautiful square with a large church, and lots of restaurants. In spite of the square being busy, we did not have any problem with crowd noises at night.