Maria's place was very lovely. She met me at the door and gave me proper directions on how to get to her house. It was also comforting to know that she lived on the bottom floor so in case I needed anything she was there. Although an attic type studio apartment, the place was very cool with the AC unit within the space.
It is also located within art gallery neighborhood, quiet and slightly off the beaten path from all of the congestion of of the city. You are also close to the big open squares and the lovely cool evenings of the city. Not far away is a tourist office which helped me book a book a tour of Mount Etna.
I hope to stay with Maria again, a very wonderful woman.