The loft is exactly as advertised by Giada and much more! We were concerned with some stuff beforehand but when we arrived the apartment was absolutely stunning.

Location:

The loft is placed right in front of a castle and there is a small bar in the street where you can buy your espresso and croissants in the morning, which is great.
There's also a loungebar across the street where you can get every drink imaginable for a low price until late at night. There are several restaurants in the street which are pretty good but Da Antonio across the street is with reason a top 10 restaurant on Tripadvisor.

Giada also mentioned that you could park a car inside, we didn't make use of this offer since we chose to use public transport.

Walking distance from apartment to several important places:

- Main bus station: 25 minutes
- The fish market and the centre of Catania are only 5-10 minutes away
- Beach: 20 minutes

The apartment:

It's exactly as advertised but it is also a lot bigger than we imagined, the kitchen is fully stocked and the decoration is really trendy mixed with old furniture which gives it an expensive feel. The bathroom is also very nice, it could use a shower curtain though ;-).

We would've also like more than 2 towels, this was pretty inconvenient.

There's wifi available all through the apartment, the courtyard is great to have but it's not very private for someone looking for privacy.

*No air conditioning. This kinda came as a surprise, Giada let us know that having A/C won't be that much of a problem since it wouldn't get that warm inside but it got over 32˚ in the apartment and air conditioning would have been nice.

Contact with the owner:

Giada was as pleasant as they come, we only had some trouble reaching her before arriving when she apparently was on holiday herself. It was also not really clear to us how to proceed upon arriving at the apartment since the door is located on the side on a different house # than advertised. We got to meet Giada's father who is a very friendly Italian man who regrettably only speaks Italian but I'm mostly at fault for going to Italy and only speaking 5 words Italian myself.

Conclusion:

Get this apartment if you want to have a real taste of Catania and don't mind the heat but want to enjoy a very beautiful apartment in a great location.