Carmine's apartment is a very grand and characterful place with a fantastic roof terrace and amazing views. It is filled with beautiful ornaments which are also fragile so I wouldn't recommend this as a place for children - as a group of 4 friends we loved the space. It is very close to lots of great restaurants and shops and about 15 mins walk to the cable car which will take you down to the beach. We parked our car at the Parcheggio Lumbi just outside the town and took the free shuttle bus - it is a very short ride and then 5 mins walk to the apartment - just be sure to get clear instructions for this walk! The apartment also over looks a beautiful public garden - a lovely space to wander around. The road outside the apartment is only a small narrow road but it can get quite noisy at around 7 am on weekday mornings, particularly if you want to have the windows open - I bought a pair of earplugs which did the trick! Because we had a car we chose to drive up the north side of Etna (from the ski base you can take a jeep tour to the top for much less than it would cost on the south side - also prettier and hardly any tourists! Enjoy!