We had a great time: the apartment is really directly at the beach, you can sit on the balcony and you'll always have a great view of the see. The beach is nice fine sand, very gently getting deeper, ideal for kids. If it's windy there are even waves, which recede as soon as the windy day is over again.
The apartment is very clean, it covers everything one might need some and the host is very caring and lovely.
You definitely need a car to get there and get away, for shopping you also need to drive. But you reach Catania center conveniently within 40/45 minutes and equipped supermarkets at Lentini within only 15 minutes tops.
We recommend staying there.