Me and my boyfriend have stayed at Mirela's house for six days this September. The house's really nice, clean and cozy. The garden's lovely and not very big. Host's brother met us, friendly and affable person, but we had some problems with communication because nor me neither my boyfriend know Italian and the owner doesn't speak English. The house is pretty far to Siracuse's centre (more than 6,5 km) and buses run about every two hours (there's no timetable on the bus stop) so it's not the best location to stay for people without driving license. On the other hand, the house is not very far from beautiful Arenella beach (35 minutes on foot) so you can walk if you don't have a car.