The view from the balcony is one of the best views in all of Sicily. The apartment is amazingly close to Taormina and has an incredible parking location (I used to have to walk up to one mile to find parking). To be literally a hundred meters from the Port of Messina entrance to Taormina puts you in the heart of the action without all the noise when it is bed time!
The amenities like Air Conditioning (which works so well it can make you frozen at night) and a washing machine at the apartment is just the cherry on top of the ice cream!