Amazing location right in the heart of Taormina.
The location is great - it’s fantastic to be right in the centre and it adds to the experience. It’s so handy to be able to pop in and out of the apartment throughout the day and night. The balcony is the best part - you can be listening to live music from the privacy of the balcony and also means you can buy a bottle of wine or beers and have them there. There’s lots of great local wine shops to try. Wine from Etna is best!
But be aware - it’s extremely noisy - there’s booming music every night until about 1am so ear plugs are a must. But the good thing is it encourages you to enjoy the atmosphere.
Antonio’s recommendations were so great - we loved da Cristina’s, pizzaria Villa Zuccaro and I dolci di Nonna Rosa for cannolis and granita. A visit to the very busy bam bar is good too.
The apartment is more basic than we expected but we still had a great time. The bathroom is basic and unfortunately we had a serious leak from the ceiling for a whole day. The host did arrange for a plumber and it was fixed the next morning however it did mean that all our towels were used to collect water off the floor and we were inconvenienced by having to stay in twice for the plumber. It also meant that for a day and a half we had no hot water. It would have been nice if we had been provided fresh towels.
Also be aware that you share a stairway with a restaurant. Several times on busy evenings they placed tables right in front of the gate to the apartment which blocked us from leaving or entering without people standing up and stopping their meals. Most people didn’t mind us squeezing past but there was a couple who got very angry at us about this - when the fault actually lies with the restaurant. We also had people leaving their scooters in the front yard during the day. Which again is ok but it feels like people are always entering the space.
All in all - it was a great stay and good for young couples and people who like to stay up and party. Great host, great communication but some small changes and comforts would improve the stay massively.