Brigitte was most welcoming and very charming. Brigitte also provided us with fresh local fruit and also gave us with great information about the local area. The apartment is wonderful, brand new, ina very quiet area, very comfortable and has the best equiped kitchen that we have seen and used in our 7 weeks of travelling. There is a bread and pizza shop just next door to the apartment and a local Carrefour supermarket about 150 metres down the lane way in Piazza Marina square. The actual port marina is only a 5 minute walk from the apartment and its a great area for a relaxing walk through the mooring area for the yachts and fishing boats. For an enjoyable meal at a nearby resturant we recommend a visit to Palazzo Sambuca which is about 200 metres from the apartment. Great food, and wine, and you can even get to meet one of the original cast of Visconte's film masterpiece, "The Leopard" and also discuss the local history. This is much easier if you can speak Italian.