This apartment is beautiful. Very clean and well done. It is located a very short walk from the ruins of the Temple of Apollo and from the main streets in Ortigia. It was nice being able to walk to restaurants and shops while also being in a more "residential" part of the island.
One of the reasons we picked this apartment was because the shower is bigger than average among showers in Italy. It is pretty spacious, even by American standards; it is a lot easier to turn around and get clean than other showers we've used in Italy. The shower also has a very nice and comfortable rainfall shower head.
There are a couple small steps in the apartment that may be hard to notice in the dark (like going from the bedroom to the bathroom), so be careful to not hurt your toe. I ended up waking up a little itchy every morning, but I'm not sure if it was from bugs when walking around Sicily or maybe because the detergent used to wash the sheets is very strong. I don't usually have sensitive skin, so I'm not sure what caused this.
It looks like several homes in Ortigia are being gutted and renovated (maybe due to increasing tourism?). Unfortunately, it seems like one of the homes behind the bedroom wall of this apartment is being renovated because we were woken up every morning by loud tools like drills and saws. Thankfully, this construction work didn't start very early (maybe 9 am?), but it would have been nice to sleep in a little more on our vacation. Of course, none of this is Emanuele's fault, but it's something to keep in mind if you like to sleep in. Hopefully they are done with the loud morning construction soon.
We washed laundry here and the washing machine worked well. The laundry rack didn't have enough room to hang dry all of our clothes, but we were able to use the hooks in the outdoor area to hang a clothes line that we brought ourselves. We didn't drink any of the wine that was available in the apartment to purchase, but we appreciated the option. It rained a little bit while we were in Ortigia and Emanuele let us borrow an umbrella while we were there. We loved Ortigia and our stay in this apartment.