This was a great apartment. Spacious, really clean, just as it is in the photos and with lots of shops on the doorstep: two bakeries, fishmonger and supermarket and only about 10-15mins walk into Ortigia.
Simone met us at the apartment and always communicated really promptly and helpfully.
One thing that some other reviewers mentioned is the difficulties with the water/showers-my partner worked out that if you turn the boiler on, only hot water comes through and so you can't add cold. It was so hot during our stay that we kept it on cold and heated water for the washing up. This worked fine for us. Also the shower head in the stand up shower needs replacing so we only used the shower over the bath. We didn't feel we needed to contact Simone about this as we were very happy with the apartment overall. I have sent him a private review letting him know that I felt I needed to mention this in my public review.
Overall a great apartment but would be even better if the water /showers were improved.
Many thanks again Simone.