Such an awesome location and great apartment. It's everything it reports to be. Would happily stay here again for the location and the facilities of the apartment. The owner Nikita was great when he was the communicator, but a warning, Royal Loft, the managers of the apartment are not so good on the communication front.
- we had to initiate contact with them a few days before we arrived (never had that ever before with AirBnB)
- they actually sent us directions to the wrong apartment
- they told us with about 12 hours before we departed that we needed to send them copies of our passports for the local tax - was always happy to pay the tax, its in the description and you need to pay it in Venice, but nothing about passports and if that is a requirement they should have sent that information either in advance or immediately on arrival.
So here is what we say. Book this place because it is awesome for location, for smokers who want a balcony (you get 2), if you want somewhere a little more quiet - but you'll need to be on top of the communication and check everything that is sent to you against the listing.
Other than that, we fell in love with Venice. I suspect we will be returning one day.