This apartment was perfect for our family of four. Even nicer in real life than in the pictures. It is owned by the Pasti family -- Signora Pasti lives downstairs and will welcome you to the apartment in slow Italian. We speak no Italian but had no trouble communicating. Her son and daughter speak excellent English and are available by phone or email. They all were excellent hosts, asked if they could help with dinner reservations, and ordered a water taxi to come right to the apartment when it was time to go to the airport.
The apartment itself is lovely -- clean, modern and full of light. The windows in the master bedroom and kitchen look straight down onto a little canal. In the morning you can watch the delivery boats unloading, in the evening the occasional gondola slips past. The windows on the other side look out on a small garden and tennis courts and a view of red tile roofs and church towers. The neighborhood was perfect for us -- it felt like a real residential neighborhood, just on the edge of many major sites. It is close to the tourist squares of San Polo and Frari, but our favorite square was San Giaciamo del Orio, just a few hundred meters away, with a grocery store, bakery, fruit market, restaurants, and real Venetians doing their shopping. We had a wonderful time and would definitely stay there again. Thank you, Pasti Family!