This is a beautiful apartment in the centre of Taormina. It is large, perfectly clean and has everything needed for a great stay. It would have been excellent to have a washing machine but there are laundry (hand washing) facilities. If you do not speak Italian you should discuss first with Viola how to access the property. We do not speak Italian and it was a bit confusing to try and decipher the texts in Italian that we were getting from Viola's colleagues who met us. The folk who met us however were lovely and one spoke some English and gave us some good tips for places to eat and how to locate the cable car. Take note- you cannot bring a car into Taormina. You leave it below the city in the Massive LUMBI car park and catch the shuttle bus up to the town (short distance, but very steep). Then you walk through the archway ( called 'Porta Messina") and up to the square in front of St Caterina church. 2 min walk. I mention all this because these were the arrival instructions we got in Italian and as I say, was a little hard to decipher. We got there in the end with the help of Google translate and some friendly locals who we showed the texts to. If you speak Italian then of course this will not be an issue for you.
Taormina is beautiful and very unique. But absolutely teeming with people through summer. Really really teeming. The beach is nice but super crowded. The sea is awesome though - some of the nicest snorkelling I have done anywhere.