The apartment is large and has a great balcony view of the cathedral. We spent our mornings and evenings out on the balcony sipping coffee enjoying the view. Finding the apartment can be difficult though, our navigation system didn’t work well in Noto. Another thing to know is there are 61 steps outside the apartment door taking you to one of the main streets in Noto. These could prove to be difficult for the elderly or persons with disabilities. After two weeks we knew the steps by heart. Unfortunately the apartment was broken into on our third day there while we were out. We had jewelry and electronics stolen. Domenico came within minutes of calling him. He was clearly upset as well. He called the police for us and took us to the police station the next morning to make a report. There is a dead bolt on the front door that we didn’t know about that may have prevented the break in. We had only been using the one door lock. We decided to stay in the apartment after the break in because we felt safe with the dead bolt. We used the apartment as a home base to see other sites in the area so the location was good for that. Because we were staying for two weeks we planned on cooking some of our meals in. After leaving chocolate from Modica that we bought in a bowl on the kitchen table overnight we woke up to the table being covered in ants. This was another bummer. We still cooked but we had to put all the food in the refrigerator because every time we took food out the ants came out too. Domenico will have to spray for the ants. Overall we made the best of a few hiccups in our stay in Noto.