This is one of the best places we have stayed in in all our years of travelling and one of the few times our expectations were exceeded by a long way. In short the apartment and the host was fantastic. The communication was clear, responsive and nothing was too much trouble. We were met exactly when it was organised, then a short walk up a typical Venetian street to the apartment and in we went. The apartment is one of only two in the building and pierantonio lives in the other making it very private and secure. The apartment is even better than described and is set up liking walking into your own home, everything is there with good bathroom, well set up kitchen, good bedrooms and excellent dining and lounge area with the view down the canal even better than the photos. The area itself is as close to living amongst local venetians as you can have in what is a heavily tourist end city, we were very close to a lovely piazza with supermarket, eating places, fruit and vegetable seller, cafe and had local venetians going about their daily lives including children playing, this is rare in Venice where the daily rituals of life go on with minimal tourist intrusion. The vaporetto stop is nearby and most of the main sights and destinations are easily walkable and once you a tired of the rush and press of people you escape to the quiet sanctuary of the apartment and its local area.
When we visit Venice next we will come back to pierantonios without looking for anything else as we had such a satisfying experience.