First time visiting Venice area and we stayed at Renato's place in Lido for a couple of days before moving onto a place in Venice city. Although only a 15-20 water bus journey from Venice, Lido is a quiet beautiful italian community and completely different experience from Venice. Renato's place is a well maintained and well managed apartment complex with a lovely swimming pool, across from the beach that fronts onto the Adriatic. Our apartment had even more amenities than advertised and the receptionists and management on the property went out of their way to make us feel very welcome.