We found the apartment very comfortable, well equipped and really clean. It is so close to the sea that you can actually hear the waves! The roof terrace was one of our favourite spots. With a huge parasol, it's a perfect place to read books or have lunch or coffee. We watched the sun rise a few times from there and the view was absolutely breathtaking!
Galati is a very small village with one shop where you can buy bread, milk,fruit and other essentials. The shop owners are terribly nice and will help you get what you want even if you don't speak a word of Italian. There is also a butcher and another shop with newspapers and what-nots (I managed to get a varnish remover there!). There are one or two places to eat in Galati - very basic, but the food is fresh, home made and very reasonably priced.
We had a car rented and did a few trips here and there and bigger shopping in the supermarket in Brancaleone, c. 15 min drive. If you are planning on renting a car beware of Italian drivers. They seem to treat the road signs as non-obligatory indicators!
We spent two weeks in Galati and loved every minute of it (in fact we have already booked the place for Sep 2014!). There were days when we had the whole beach to ourselves! Galati is a very quiet, low key place - exactly what we were looking for. It is a place where people still don't lock cars or houses, where you can buy things in a shop and pay the next day if you happened to forget your purse, where they will round the bill down for you in a restaurant! It is an oasis for people who want to escape the crowds (we live in London), slow down, forget about the clocks, schedules etc. and just BE.