This was our last location (of 4) during our 2 weeks in Sicily. We really enjoyed the Marco's apartment, ideally situated just across the beach. Upon arrival we received a warm welcome by Marco's mother. The apartment was really large, very clean, perfectly equipped with everything we needed (including the kitchen). There were welcoming drinks in the fridge, fresh fruit, biscuits for breakfast... Perfect!

The area is very nice the apartment is right at the beach boulevard. Restaurants, shops, gelateria's etc within 50m. From the nice terrace you have a view on the sea. The beach is relatively large here, with nice sand. There is some (slow) traffic during the day, but during the evening the street is closed. Then the street is full with the Italians (and some tourists) for the typical "passeggiata".

The parking signs and rules were not very clear to us. The first night we parked a bit further (1 euro / h until midnight, 10 euro/day), however the other days we just left our car right in front of the apartment - for free... No issue.

During the night and early morning there was some noise from evening life and traffic in the backstreet (bedroom side), but we had made the mistake to keep the windows open. Keeping the window closed during the night and using the airco solved the inconvenience. For the rest everything was super!

The apartment is 40 minutes from Catania Airport and ideally situated to visit the Etna and Taormina (we took the road along the coast, parked in Mazzaro and took the cable-car/téléphérique right into the centre of Taormina).

We can really recommend the apartment and the extremely gentle hosts! Thank you very much!