Marianna's flat is truly in the heart of Noto - a two minute walk from the central piazza - and is in a grand building in that very Italian style.
The apartment is sparsely furnished, but has everything you'll need. A large bright dining room with lovely high ceilings, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a breakfast room, kitchen and roof terrace. This last is up a narrow and dark spiral staircase which looks a little daunting to the vertigous - don't be put off - it is a lovely spot to enjoy your coffee in the sunshine.
Marianna herself is a considerate host, who had left water, cereal, yoghurts, coffee and milk for us, knowing that we arrived very late. In fact we were almost two hours later that we thought we would be due to a problem with our rental car, and she greeted us with a smile none the less at midnight.
We didn't have much contact during our stay, but she responded quickly to the couple of queries we did have. We broke two of her plates when they fell from her drying rack, and offered to pay for them, but she told us that we didn't need to as 'these things happen' which was very understanding. I must also mention that as we had our one year old daughter with us, she went to the additional effort of sourcing a cot for us, to spare us hefting one from London - truly above and beyond. Recommended.