This is a fantastic place to stay! Far better than the Air B and B posting leads you to believe. Rossella and her husband met us when we arrived and showed us where to park the car in their covered, off road parking, and then helped us carry our bags down the steps to the house. Rossella gave us milk, bread, tea, coffee, etc plus fruit from the garden which was a lovely welcome. The apartment is superb, with large open rooms and plenty of air conditioning and good shutters to keep cool. It all feels very new, clean and shinny , with lots of gadgets and great wi-fi. The garden is great with stunning views and a really good private pool. Location wise, it is brilliant, as long as you can manage steps, like a lot of Taormina!. We went up to the nearby garage to buy brioche and coissants for breakfast each morning and a bit further to an excellent restaurant for dinner. Down the hill is an easy walk to the beach and then you can get the cable car back! It's also very easy walking distance up to the main old city, Roman theatre, Florence Trevelyan's gardens etc. in the day time, and lots of restaurants and things to see at night. Thank you Rossella!