I would highly recommend this location to EVERYONE visiting Catania. Laura is not JUST a super host; she excels at what she does. The location is second to non for anyone wanting to walk downtown Catania and see the top 10 sights in town.
It also features the convenience of being less than a five minutes from great restaurants and a local grocers. You can eat out or eat in.
The best feature of this location, though, is the privacy offered by the villa. You enter by a big security door into the courtyard, and then through another security door to the apartment.
With Mount Aetna only an hour away, and the rest of traditional Sicily at your door, this place is second to none.