The position of the apartment in Ortigia is perfect. It is very central and is easily reached by car from the bridge into Ortigia from Siracusa. The windows overlook the Temple of Apollo and the daily fresh food market is one street away. We loved our early morning strolls there picking up supplies for the day. The coffee bar downstairs has delicious and freshly prepared local snacks all day. The apartment is well kept with new, modern furniture and good quality clean linen. Lucia left us a panettone and bottle of wine on the kitchen table, which was a lovely touch. We are fit and were happy to climb three flights of stairs to get to the apartment (beautiful ones at that) but this may be a problem for some. There is some early morning street noise being close to the market but that didn't bother us as we were up early. Lucia kept us a parking spot when we arrived but once we had moved the car, we struggled to find a spot. We were there at a busy time close to Christmas though. All in all we loved walking through the fascinating streets of beautiful Ortigia and looked forward to retiring to a lovely clean and comfortable base each night.