We really liked our stay in Atelier 5! The hosts are very nice and helpful, the atmosphere is lovely, and everything is clean and comfortable. We felt really welcome there and loved the personal attentions we received from our host, from meeting us at the vaporetto station to telling us everything we wanted to know. The apartment is beautifully located in a quiet neighborhood of Cannaregio, which we truly loved. It felt good to "come home" after long days in busy and often quite crowded Venice locations to a quiet private space. The walk into the San Marco area is quite long (because you cannot just walk quickly without looking left or right it mostly took us an hour), but we did not mind. You get acquainted to walking in lot through Venice, anyway.

The apartment is well equipped - and if anything is needed the hosts will help you! - and we enjoyed staying with other like-minded travelers and having "kitchen talks" in the mornings over a cup of coffee or at night with a glass of wine. We were cared for with toast, butter and marmalade and lots of tea and coffee. Every couple of days one of our hosts popped in to see if everything is okay, which I found very nice.

We also have two points to criticize, though. One is that we missed really hot water. The water in the shower and kitchen comes from a boiler which was fixed to a certain temperature, and our hosts were not able to change it. The temperature is very low, below body temperature. And as we had a few cold days this was really uncomfortable. Also, washing dishes is difficult when the water is not hot enough.

The other point is that we had to take our luggage with us on the last day, even though the apartment is really spacious. It took us a lot of time and money to put our suitcases into custody at the station and it was very inconvenient because the vaporetto station to the airport is actually very near the apartment. But we had to get our luggage back from the station in the evening.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed our holiday thoroughly! We will certainly recommend you and the apartment - Thank you, Masa, Claudio, Zora and Armina.