The photographs don't do justice to Max and Iris's very comfortably furnished and large apartment overlooking the sea at Ortigia ( south east facing). We had a lovely time, the location on the Isola d'Ortigia is fantastic. You are right in the middle of all the sights. The air conditioning is welcome as Ortigia can be humid. The whole place is newly renovated and the kitchen and bathrooms are perfect. Both Max and Iris were incredibly responsive to our communications and were really helpful hosts. There is a very useful booklet with the apartment containing details of local shops, restaurants etc. So glad we stayed here - and their recommendation to pay for parking in a nearby garage was really good given the number of cars we saw being picked up and taken away on the back of a truck for parking illegally or overstaying in the pay spaces!!