This is very hard to write. The apartment is amazing, I have never seen anything like it, it is huge and yes it is old but the history is incredible and you feel like you are living like a true Sicilian! But, it is very noisy at night due to the fact that there are many bars around and some are open every night until 3am. This is not a problem if the windows are closed because it does block all the noise out. Unfortunately, when we were there, it was around 30 degrees every day and the apartment was very warm and because of the noise we were not able to leave the windows open for air at night. Daniela does however provide many fans but they have to be left running all night for some relieve. Other than that I would highly recommend the apartment and Daniela and her daughter are lovely people.