Our visit to Syacusa was a major highlight of our tour of Sicily, and much of our comfort there was due to the elegant apartment and our kind hosts. The room was large, at the top floor of an apartment building on the primary shopping street. We had our own bath at the end of the hall and plenty of fluffy towels. The floor length windows opened out onto a view of the city and the ocean. We were able to easily walk to many shops and antique sites, and to catch a bus nearby to see one of the best, Parco Archeologico. It was fun to think we were walking on the streets where Archimedes had walked centuries ago.