We enjoyed our stay in Milena's apartment in beautiful little Castelmola above Taormina. Milena gave us all of the information we needed and is a good communicator.
We didn't get to meet Milena, but her mother, Eva, met us at the apartment and showed us how things worked. She was even kind enough to show us where to park our car and drove us back to the apartment again after that.
We had a thoughtful welcome present of a bottle of wine, drinking water, milk and supplies to make a pasta and to have a simple breakfast. There were even some fresh Italian dolce Eva had made for us.
The apartment is clean, neat, well equipped and comfortable. In European fashion, it's quite compact and the second bedroom is quite small. The weather was unusually cool during our stay and the apartment was warm enough.
It's beautifully situated in the middle of this charming village and the shutters make the bedrooms nice and dark for a sleep-in in the morning. The windows are double-glazed, keeping it quiet.
It's interesting to sit on the front balcony and watch the world go by and also very pleasant to sit on the rooftop terrace and have a simple meal (or a few snacks) and a refreshing beverage at the end of the day--with views to the sea, Taormina below and to Mount Etna (if the clouds allow).
There's a restaurant literally 5 steps from the front door.
The bus to Taormina (and other buses connect to nearby beaches) is a good way to get around. If you're reasonably fit and enjoy walking, I t's a very steep but pleasant walk up and down the slope. There are at least two tracks--one at the "front" of the village and another at the southern end--and each gives a different experience of the walk.
Eva was very pleasant to deal with and it's hard to fault this apartment in this delightful village.