Pros: The island of Ortigia is nice and isolated from the usual city life. The apartment was well located and was in very good condition. Air-conditioners are working fine and the kitchen is well equipped with necessary things

The beach (or rather cove), is very close by and you get a very beautiful view of the east coast of the island from very close to the apartment. The beach itself is very rocky and not advisable to swim there when the tides are rough. Marilena was very kind and provided us with beach towels and an umbrella. Our luggage was also lost when we arrived by flight and she was kind enough to provide us with toothpaste etc.

Cons: The island of Ortigia is a ZTL zone (limited traffic zone) and therefore between 8.00 PM and 2.00 PM you may not enter with your car unless you have special approval. We had to park in the Talete Pay Parking and this roughly costs us 10 Euro each night, it's very hard to find a free parking spot near the apartment on Ortigia. From there we walked to the apartment, which takes around 10 minutes alongside the east coast of the island. It's perfect if you don't have a car at all, everything on the island is walk-able and in less than 25 minutes you could do a full walk around the island.