Alessandro's apartment is fabulous. It is very well placed near the beginning of restaurants and shops 50m or so from the main old centre street Via Atenea. The apartment has an amazing private deck that is accessed up a tight narrow spiral staircase from within the apartment. It may take a few trips to carefully carry your dinner and drinks up, but it is so worthwhile. The deck is exclusive to the apartment, has plants around its perimeter and you have an airy view across roof tops and to the sky and night stars. The apartment is large by Sicilian standards, the kitchen is well equipped, so great for making coffee (which was well supplied) and lunch/dinner on the deck. The kitchen/living area has an air conditioner as does the separate bedroom. The bed is very firm. Windows also open in both main rooms. The area is quiet for sleeping although the neighbors can be heard through the walls. We only visited one restaurant for dinner, taking a long time to make a choice, and a bad one at that - the trattoria IL VICOLO on Via Atenea was the worst we have experienced in Sicily - poor quality, quantity (even bread) and service across the vegetarian and seafood dishes we ordered, no aperitifs were available, and the wine was very ordinary. There are many ways to get to the archaeological sites of Valle dei Templi. We walked to gate 5, spent the day exploring, and exited from gate 3. G.ogle maps provided 2 routes, but the quickest suggestion involved paths that don't exist, whereas the route using Via Francesco Crispi and Via Passegiatta Archaeologica was good. We found it worked well to visit the main Valle dei Templi site including the garden (Giardino della Kolymbethra) on the first day, and the museum (Pietro Griffo) on the second day after you'd become familiar with the site.