The house is well located in the center of Acireale. It is close to some restaurants (there is a very nice Pizzeria called Vecchio Teatro, Via Romeo, 68, 95024 Acireale CT, Italien) and a supermarket (for the Germans there is also a Penny Market in the city of Acireale). If you want you can even go down to the seaside (but it is 1km downhill behind the train-line and a street).
The house is very nice clean and well equipped. We could have breakfast and dinner outside with a view to the sea.
Acireale is between Catania and Taormina (ca 40 minutes into both directions). The Etna is also quite close (45 minutes to the cable car (better not to take it but just hike, it saves you 30€ each person and hiking is more just more fun).
To Siracusa and Noto it is 90 minutes of driving, but definitely recommendable. The beaches is in the south are nicer and more natural.
It was a nice week in early November with good weather (normally well above 20 degree and only one day of rain). The only thing what we did not like is the driving style, it is really disgusting!