Marco’s Brand New Cozy Flat is bright, clean, modern, well-equipped, minutes from the train station and minutes from Ortigia. You can’t ask for more than that, but it offers more: the neighbourhood is quiet and convenient - there is a Conad Supermarket a block away and several local cafes on the same block.
Some of the idiosyncrasies we’ve run into as Canadians in Italy during the summer are completely covered by Marco - the air conditioning is abundant and quiet (we have run into a few place where a/c is noisy and barely adequate), the washer is easy to use and the drying rack is great (we have been disappointed a couple of times by other apartments with old machines and inadequate drying racks). If it sounds like we’re demanding, we kind of are. But Marco’s apartment leaves us with nothing but great things to say. We definitely recommend staying here.
Finally, the host himself is a consummate professional. We arrived early and didn’t give him as much notice as we could have, but he rearranged his schedule to be there when we arrived. His instructions are clear and concise. We would definitely stay here again.