Dorsoduro is a great area of Venice to stay in - you’re in easy reach of the sights and there’s a vaporetto stop just 5-10 mins walk from the house (one little canal bridge but otherwise flat, handy with cases). Lots of cafe/bars and restaurants (and a supermarket!) in the main piazza, it’s lively without being too touristy. Valentina was an excellent host - giving us perfect directions for check-in and answering our couple of queries once we’d arrived very promptly. The property has an unusual layout - the bedrooms (upstairs) are nice, and the bathroom (downstairs) is lovely, modern and clean. The rest of the downstairs which includes a full kitchen, dining table and sofa/chairs/coffee table is really tiny and we found it a bit too cramped even with just two of us.