Ivo and Annalisa blew me away even before we got to Venice. When we asked them what the best way to get to their place would be, Annalisa sent me pages of detailed information about different transportations we could take.

We arrived at night and, Ivo and Annalisa came to pick us up and offered to give us a quick round around Venice before going to their place. This gave us a quick overview of the city at night

When we got into the apartment we were pleasantly surprised with food they provided for us - toasts, cereals, milk, juice, water, jam, fruits, pasta, tomato sauce, and nutella :) Because we flew in the evening we didn't have proper dinner and this helped us a lot. Such a sensible touch on the part of the hosts. Also we didn't have to head outside to find a supermarket at night to get some water.

Ivo and Annalisa's place was very spacious and clean. We were only parties of 3 people but each room had a double bed and two single beds and it looked like 7-8 people could stay here too. The apartment had 2 bathrooms as well which was very convenient.

Ivo and Annalisa gave us information about which bus to take to where, what to see, and where to eat. In fact there is a phenomenal Venecian restaurant within 5 minutes of walking - they had such great food we wished we had more time to spend in Ivo's place.

One more thing - when Ivo helped carrying one of the bags, the plastic handle broke. Ivo asked us to empty out the bag and put it outside the door the next morning so that he could take it to fix it. In a rush we forgot to put the bag outside the door the next morning but left right by the door inside. Nonetheless when we came back at night, the handle of the bag was fixed like new.

Although the apartment is located outside of Venice, it is so very convenient to get to the city by bus (just 2 bus stops away and the bus comes every 10 minutes) and we actually preferred to staying outside of Venice and having a place to come back to in a calm and quiet residential area.

Perfect location, a very convenient and spacious apartment, and amazing hosts!