Chiara's flat is super well equiped, clean and you can reach everything in Syrakus within a short walk. The surroundings are really nice and you have a small supermarket and plenty of restaurants nearby. Still the surroundings are pretty touristy and to find a restaurant with good quality food without tourist prices you have to go out of the older part of the city. As the weather during our stay wasn't that good we had to spend more time than expected in the apartment. It is perfectly fine - especially for the good price - still the light could have been warmer and there could have been a bit more art on the walls when you sit there for longer than 1 hour. Additionally we could not leave our luggage at Chiara's place for 2 more hours until our train left and had to be out at 10 a.m. with no tolerance to stay one hour longer as she had to clean the room for new guests. We totally understud, but other hosts in sicily were more flexible and guest-oriented in terms of check out and luggage storrage. A last thing: the tourist tax is not included in the fees and has to be payd cash before you leave.
All in all Chiara offers a really good base in syrakus for a fair price and is very fast in answering all your questions. We would definetly book the apartment again! So if you travel on a budget we would totally recommend to stay at Chiara's apartment.