Geez, can I only give 5 stars. First off, I started communicating with Gabriella a couple weeks before the trip. She was very responsive during that time. We took the train from Rome; all the while communicating our updated arrival time etc. We walked the 10 or so minutes from the station and practically arrived at the same time as Gabriella; literally perfect timing. After a super easy, informative, professional and cordial introduction & explanation of the house rules, we were left to roam about Venezia. Again, literally within seconds of leaving the front door you are in the mix participating in the
Venetian experience. A market is about 30 feet from the front door, your first square is about 50 feet away, the nearest vaporetto is about 150 feet away which makes all of Venice, Murano, Burano, Lido and any other island reachable by vaporetto within a half-an-american-football-field's walk away. We were very sad to have to leave. I haven't talked to my wife about this yet, but Venice and this apartment have to be a highlight of our 10 day Italian trip. Grazie mille Gabriella.