We spent 5 days in Paola's apartment during the Christmas holidays. The apartment has the best location at the centre of Catania and it is only 10' walk from the bus and train station. It is an attractive, cosy apartment, fully equipped with a nice layout and above all an amazing view of mount Etna. It is absolutely suitable for winter holidays, as it has central heating.
It is on the fourth floor with no elevator, but this is something we were aware of and we got used to it. We feel uncomfortable and sad that we have to leave a negative review for the first time after our 10 stays in airbnb's apartments. The issue we faced was neither the eruption of Etna nor the earthquake afterwards but the chase of insects on Christmas night and in fact on every night of our stay. We understand that the building is old and Velia offered us immediately a small compensation and promised they will deal with the problem. But good time and memories are more than money.