Once we decided to stay at Barbara's Apartment in Venice I had a nice conversation with Barbara (who mostly lives in San Francisco) who told me that fixing up her apartment was her labor of love for the past 20 years. The apartment is very charming.

As everywhere in Venice the apartment was hard to find but Barbara sent us in advance wonderful instructions for getting to the apartment and recommendations for things to do nearby.

We arrived by water taxi and were greeted by Natasha where we were dropped off. Natasha was very helpful in showing around the apartment.

Our family of 4 (including 17 and 15 year old daughters) stayed in the apartment with their 18 year friend for 3 nights so the apartment was kind of cozy but we all fit.

The apartment is located in the far end of Dorsudoru but still within easy walking distance of all the attractions in Venice.

A nice thing about the apartment's location is that it is in a less touristy area of Dorsudoru so we saw a lot more locals.

Also, almost forgot to mention that there is a very nice small garden that is part of the building.

My one caution about the apartment is that there is a long, narrow staircase to get to the second floor where the apartment is located.

All in all a wonderful experience.