For our family travel, we find both advantages and disadvantages of the apartment.
Advantages:
- It's within walking distance to the important attractions in Taormina. It's very near to the municipal gardens of Villa Comunale, there is a playground inside, which is nice for kids.
- The terrace has great view of the Etna volcano and the blue sea. It also has shade in the early morning. We enjoyed having breakfast and dinner there.
- The terrace is also very useful for drying clothes.
- It's in a relative quite street of Taormina.
- It's within the walking distance to the bus station of Interbus, where people can find many buses to go to attractions nearby.
Disadvantages:
- Though it's in a relative quite place of Taormina, you can still hear people talking in the night even with the closed window. Especially the motorcycle, which can be very loud and running on the street in the night at 1:00am.
- The kitchen utensils are very limited, only for basic cooking.
- The apartment is in the center area of Taormina, which is up in the hill, people need to take bus down the hill to go to the beach.
- One window can be closed but not locked from inside, which could be a security problem.