Alessandra was very welcoming from the outset. The apartment is great; the balcony overlooks the Roman Temple of Apollo. The facilities are fine and it's easy to cook for yourself. We parked just over the bridge in an area of free parking and managed to find somewhere each day - it's only a short walk. The flat is about three flights of stairs up so you need to be able to tackle that. No noise problems. Oriega is a lovely place and you could spend a week there and thereabouts but we travelled a bit - the roads are good between towns although driving in town is a bit more difficult, but not terrible. Only Catania itself defeated us - we couldn't find anywhere to park. Five stars.