An absolutely perfect little apartment in Taormina, we are in love with it! The pictures do not do it justice - it's soooooooo nice, I would go back in a moment! It was super clean, conveniently located, everything looked brand new, like it's just been renovated - amazing place. It's tiny, but has everything you need on your holiday - i highly recommend the place.

In terms of logistics: if you are flying into Catania and taking the bus to Taormina (they are very frequent), then you cannot go wrong with this place! It's literally 1 min walk from the main bus terminal/station in Taormina so you will be able to shower and take the shoes off in no time. From the apartment, walk up the hill for a couple of minutes and you are at the Taormina Funicular (the only one in the village). Here you can buy a return ticket (6 eu per person) to Isola Bella and Mazzaro beaches or pay 30 eu for a weekly pass. The funicular takes only a couple of mins to go down hill and you are in the water. Just perfect. If you are not going to the beach, then carry on up hill for another minute and you are at the entrance to the center of Taormina. On the way, you will come across loads of souvenir places and gelatos!

The only thing I would say though is that not many people speak English so communication was a bit of an issue and caused unnecessary confusion. Upon arrival we were met and let in by a gentleman, who did not speak English, so Mariangela rang to say we will need to check-in later in the day. We found it confusing since we were already in the flat and had the keys, left our things. Turns out the actual check in involves taking passport info and paying the visitor tax. Sadly, we had to cut our first evening short to go back to the apartment at 8PM for that alone, which was not ideal. We met with a lady called Veronique and it took around 45mins in total. We were told this was because a number of other flats the team look after, had people arrive at the same time as us.