Francesca and her daughter did welcome us heartly and showed us around. The appartment is well suited, directly next to the beach and has a nice sunny terrace. The car can be parked in the street, we had no problems of finding a parking lot. Parking is for free there. Nice restaurants and shopping possibilities are closeby. A bus station for going to Taormina is 200 m away. Hiking possibilities on the coast or f.e. the northern side of Etna are easy to reach. We went to bed every day with open windows, sleeping with the sound of the waves...