Cristina's apartment was absolutely beautiful!!! The only regret I have is not being able to stay there longer. Upon arrival, Cristina greeted my sister and I with a smile, gave us the tour of the apt, and made some really great recommendations. Having been traveling all day, we were starving and the restaurant she told us to go to was absolutely SUPERB! It was right next to her apartment and the water, which was convenient and really beautiful. A great way to start our Venice part of the trip and take it all in!
The apartment was delightfully clean, spacious, and everything looked new! We spent a week in Paris prior to this and with just 1 day in Venice I had already had the best food and sleeping experience of our entire trip! Aside from an amazing apartment, Cristina allowed for us to keep our luggage at her place even after checking out. We still had some activities planned and a train to catch later that evening so instead of storing the luggage at the train station, she was available and let us keep it at her apt. After running around all day with our activities, we finally got back to Cristina's to pick up our luggage and no one was answering. After almost 30 minutes, her son came to let us in and we got our luggage. We ultimately missed our train and I was fully prepared to sleep at the train station until our train in the morning, but by some miracle, Cristina somehow found us at the station, took us by boat to a hotel that she and her husband paid for, all so that we could have a good nights rest for our train the next morning! I've never experienced someone going above and beyond like this before! I felt more like family than a guest and if I'm ever in Venice again, I will definitely choose Cristina, without hesitation!