At our arrival the code at the apartment didn't work. I tried to reach Fulvio twice without success at first (by telephone). I had to use the airbnb app to communicate, but didn't have the app installed. So if you don't have the app and you have a low battery (so you put off your internet connection to spare battery) it isn't the most handy way. Fulvio reached out eventually and we got another code to enter.
We were happy he let us in sooner than check-in (around 11am) as we arrived very early.
The apartment is on a nice location a bit away from the city center which is great when you want to avoid the business and rumor of the city. Nice little terrace to have breakfast in the morning or a drink in the evening.
The bed wasn't comfortable: a worn out sofa bed which gave me back pains. It wasn't so practical to open either. We were happy that we traveled together so we could open the bed with 2 people.
Nice shower: a rain shower with a hand shower. Nice tiles in the shower too. The audio system didn't work. I think the batteries were dead of the remote as it didn't respond.
It was a bit chilly in the apartment. But we used it just to sleep there as we spent most of our time in the city so we didn't bother to tell the host. He would probably have helped when we would have texted.
Something we found unfortunate was the handling of the garbage. We only had one small bag and normally we had to dump it into some boat that was moored at the canal. It was written this way but it wasn't clear which boat. We thought it was just outside the apartment but saw no boat. When we asked the host to leave it in the apartment as we didn't find it and we pay for the cleaning service, he asked us to still dump it in the boat and emphasized on that. We got a small map with the locations where boats were moored for Bed and Breakfasts in Venice. The map did not show street names and when you don't live in Venice, it's hard to know where the boats are moored. Plus we had the time to check out as our plane was planned in the evening, but if you're in a hurry it's very stressful as you don't know how things are handled when you don't live there and you don't know the language. And the instructions of the city of Venice said that on Sundays there is no collection of garbage. You could get a big penalty when you did. So we got back to the host and then he said 'yes that's true. Ok then, you can leave it in the apartment'.
The main feeling of our stay was very positive but that was mostly because of Venice itself. The apartment was ok, but it was -apart from the terrace- more basic than I imagined it to be. No extras were present, no water bottles to say hi. The tea tray was almost empty and the grinded coffee wasn't fresh.
What we liked most at the apartment was the view and the location (a bit away from the busy center and with good restaurants and bars nearby). And there's a great coffee bar nearby with plantbased milks and vegan croissants ;)
Anna