Marzamemi is a great little town - beautiful square which diners flock to in the evening and parade up and down is their finest clothes. The accommodation is only a 10 minute walk from the beautiful restaurant lined town piazza, harbour and beach. Orlando is really friendly, reliable (a light broke and he fixed it immediately), gave us loads of good tips and let us pick figs, aubergines and zucchini from his vegetable patch. Having the BBQ was great after a week of hotel meals. He gave us fans as it was so hot in the town in August which was most welcome (no aircon). We mostly sat under the shaded outdoor dining area between 1-3pm as it was so hot! One small supermarket 5 mins walk away in the town and bigger ones 2km away in Pachino. There is some traffic noise but not overwhelming (I got used to it after a day or so) and the bedrooms are at the back so not an issue there. Orlando's mum lives above the ground floor apartment for 3 months in the summer so expect to say hello (in Italian, English or German!). The apartment is basically a part of a farm backing on to poly tunnels and open fields so there are distant tractors. It is "rustic" with funky artwork to brighten it up so don't expect a modern kitchen or interior. Wifi is good and 100 channels of Italian TV as background music. You have to go to Cava Grande canyon with river swimming (1hr by car, very hard 2km descent down 600m -flip flops are a bad idea but do'able) for the best swimming day ever and the Vendichari nature reserve, and beach 15 mins up the road. Well worth doing the 1/2 day boat trip for swimming & snorkelling for 25 Euros including wine and fruit (the evening with the sunset is best). The Basilicas in Noto (30 mins) are worth a 1/2 day