The location is a blessing and a curse! You are right on Umberto Corso, the main strip in Taormina, but that being said there is CONSTANT NOISE throughout the day and evening until about 12AM-2AM EVERY NIGHT! While it may be nice to have such close access to the town, there is no insulation, earplugs, or white noise machines to help dampen the noise, (we used our own earplugs and it doesnt much help wth the bass music.) The noise is very loud and rather excessive and resulted in my party feeling very fatigued and groggy each day and at the end of the trip, the only times we found a chance to rest was between 2AM and 11AM (and that isn't to say it is quiet during those times...) and this meant no morning activities and totally threw us off our schedule and baseline because we are not accustomed to sleeping at those hours. Parking can get really expensive, the closest garage is a few hundred meters away and costs about 34 Euro per day, for our trip this added a $260 bill to the cost of this apartment for us to have our vehicle "nearby". The space itself has lots of balconies, close to food and shops, and most everything you would need to enjoy Taormina the city.