Excellent and fairly spacious apartment with a roof terrace that's great for breakfast or supper, with a decent-sized awning on it, and drying rack for washing. It doesn't have a sea view, which the images rather suggest, but the apartment is so close to the sea that that hardly matters. Didier is a great host, with good language skills and really took the time to show us the apartment properly. One thing that's nice about the place is that it was obviously a family home, so it's not identikit Ikea, but has some character about it. A gecko flits about on the terrace and the apartment is a short walk to shops. Generally it's very quiet, with occasional bursts of conversation from neighbours, which you only hear if sleeping in the living room. Ortygia itself is a matter of taste. Undeniably extremely beautiful, it is rather a museum in terms of visible local shops and businesses -- ie, it's entirely devoted to bars, restaurants, upmarket shops and tourist trinket shops. That said, it's a very relaxing place to be and somewhere to wander very peacefully enjoying the different views of the sea. The main town over the bridges is lovely, spacious streets and tourists far less in evidence. Ortygia's best monuments are the Bellomo museum, which has an eclectic collection of art and artefacts, and the curious Cathedral. If you're there in summer, do swim at the municipal solarium, especially good when the sea is rough as it provides an oasis of safe and calmer water. It's a 15 min walk away. There are some maps of Ortygia at the apartment. Kitchen is well equipped by the way, and Didier absolutely brilliantly did most of our shopping for us before we got there! Thanks for that Didier by the way, it was so good not to have to go out an immediately shop for a lot of heavy items. Ah, almost forgot, the street market is well worth visiting. Start at the end furthest from the apartment, and work your way towards the town square area, as the prices rise the more tourists there are!