The apartment is absolutely wonderful in a beautiful building full of history and charm. Graziano was so welcoming and helpful that we really settled in and felt at home here. Taormina was very busy and is quite expensive and some of our highlights of the 5 day trip were eating/drinking/reading sitting on the balcony, with the fabulous view looking out over the square and watching the world go by. The location of the apartment is perfect and you are at the centre of a lovely bustling place but with peace and space of your own. The sounds from the square is fine and never obnoxious or rowdy. The music from the restaurant is more obvious from the bedroom but all noise stopped by around midnight and I was never woken up after that (and I'm a light sleeper). The aircon in the main room (kitchen/living room) is very strong and worked perfectly to spread through the apartment to the bedroom at night. Kitchen, bathroom and cleaning facilities were all great, especially the shower. I would highly recommend this apartment and hope to return!