This is a dream stay. The apartment itself is beautiful, clean and on the ground floor in a spectacular old courtyard one enters through a Roman arch. There are wonderful Italian ceramic touches in the apartment which, it turns out, were created by Domenica herself. (She was too modest to say, but I we went into a ceramics shop across the street and there she was painted tiles--she is a ceramic artist and her shop is a gem. I didn't know what NOT to buy, and she ships to the U.S. and follows up to make sure things arrive safely.) We ate breakfast at a little private table in the courtyard surrounded by plants. Domenica is the most gracious and lovely host--helpful and solicitous when you have a question, supplying clean sheets and towels, giving suggestions about local places to go. She lives on the same block so is very available but completely unintrusive. The price is unbelievably reasonable--would be a dream vacation at three times the price. Ortigia is spectacular. Couldn't recommend this place more highly. If you're going to this part of Sicily, this is the place to stay. A block from the blue green water. And much, much quieter and more contained than Siracusa itself.