Giovanni's apartment was an incredible place. The apartment itself was clean and nice. It had everything you needed. The AC was placed in the living room / kitchen so the bedroom didn't really get down to the temperature we would've wished for but it wasn't a big deal sleeping with the bedroom door open.
But this place is all about the massive terrace, it's absolutely breathtaking. It's very big and has a view over all of Taormina and the ocean. At night you can see a lot of stars, one night even could hear and see Eros Ramazotti's concert from the old greek theater in Taormina which was a cool experience.
Giovanni and his co-host Alex was very helpful during our stay with what we needed.
What we didn't understand beforehand was just how far up from the town the apartment was located. We experienced that it was a bit difficult to get to a grocery store with the car and it's pretty much necessary to take the car to the beach.
It was about a 20 min walk down to the central area with the restaurants but that was no problem. It was also very easy to get a cab at night to go back up if you like us prefer to skip the steep walk. It cost 15€ but we thought it was money well spent.