My boyfriend and I stayed in Gianfranco's apartment for 7 days. We had such a lovely holiday. The view from our apartment was breath taking. The apartment itself was very spacious, and beautifully decorated. It had everything you needed to cook, have a pot of tea and had all the necessities to tide us over until we could get to the shops e.g. toilet paper, bottled water, some breakfast things. We had a private garden with lemon, orange, fig and lime trees that we could pick. Every morning we would have our breakfast outside over looking Mount Etna, it was truly idillic. We were also allowed to share the terrace on the roof with gianfranco, and this has the most spectacular view of the town. There are quite a lot of steep steps up to the apartment from the town (takes approx 10-15 mins), which were challenging but completely manageable. To be honest, it was nice to do some form of exercise after eating so much. However, I imaging some people may struggle with these (taxi is also an option).
Gianfranco was the most helpful and friendly host ever! He gave us several recommendations of where to eat (trattoria tiramisu was our favourite) and of the local delicacies (arancini, cannoli). He picked us up and dropped us off at the bus station, which we were really grateful for. Nothing was ever too much trouble and if we whatsapp'ed him he would reply straight away.
Taoromia itself is absolutely beautiful. There are lots of restaurants, shops, cocktail bars etc.. The beach is a small cable car ride away.
Thank you so much, Gianfranco.