We met Raffaella's husband Piero who was very nice and cordial. We reached the apartment around 10 am and Piero allowed early check in.

The location of the apartment is perfect. It is a few minutes walk to Rialto market stop on Vaporrato #1. Rialto bridge is about 10 minutes walk and St. Marks about 25 mins. In fact we found it easier and faster to walk to St Marks instead of taking slow and meandering Vaporrato #1 in the sweltering heat of August.

We did encounter a few mosquitos so talking some repellent would be a good idea.

The apartment is right on Grand canal and main room provides nice view of canal. The other room has two corner windows with view of the canal.

Both the rooms, bathroom and kitchen are very spacious and perfectly fit our needs of family of four.

The interior of the apartment didn't meet our expectations somewhat, specially for the price paid and in relation to hotel amenities for same or lesses price. The shower in the apartment is quite small with barely room to stand. No shower or shampoo gel was provided. We would have appreciated a roll of paper towel in the apartment. Three windows in the main room were a little difficult to open and close and we were afraid they will break in the process. The laundry detergent provided was very watery. The main door at the ground level was a little hard to open/close and the bolt from inside was falling off with metal screws visible by third day of stay. The hot water supply was disrupted occasionally but was resumed by pressing a red button on water heater panel located in the kitchen and waiting a bit (there is a printed note in the kitchen to do this step if water heater stops working).

In my humble opinion, one is paying for the location and views with some compromise on interior amenities and comforts.