Andrea made the stopover in Venice on our 25th anniversary trip to Italy and London absolutely effortless and wonderful! He gave us detailed instructions before our trip began how to buy tickets on the Vaporetto in front of the Venice Sant Lucia train station, which dropped us off at the stop near the rental where he was waiting to greet us and walk us back to the apartment! Don’t underestimate the added value in the effort, especially if you don’t know Venice. He walked us through the apartment, showing us the fine amenities and how to work all appliances. This is so invaluable - our current experience in London is “self check-in”, which we thought was okay, but we will never do again (we’ve had to waste valuable time communicating with the owner who is located in Spain to get the WIFI account number and password, how to turn the heat on, etc). Don’t make this same mistake in your reserving rentals! When you see Host will show you rental, believe us you want this! Andrea’s apartment is phenomenally located near the San Angelo Vaporetto stop (a less busy stop that is much easier to get to with far fewer fellow passengers than Rialto and other major stops). We took the Alilaguna airport water taxi to catch our flight from Marco Polo airport to London (Gatwick) airport; the ride took just under one hour to finish our time in Venice with last water views! His apartment is modern style, appeared new (everything), with 3 levels. Ground level (entry, new separate washer and dryer, couch, storage closets with ample hangers, and a side cabinet); second level (kitchen, dishwasher, sink, induction stove top, full array of new/modern flatware/silverware/glassware, nice dining table/chairs, luxury suede coach, full bath with shower, long single sink with extra counter space, toilet, bidet, etc.); and third level (large bedroom - queen bed with very nice linens and bed covers, ample sized closet, bed stands, and bathroom - toilet, bidet, sink/mirrors, and smaller bedroom - single bed with very nice linens and bed covers, ample closet, etc.). Andrea had stocked the refrigerator with wine (for our 25th anniversary we think, with a few bottles of juice and water, etc., had a display tray on the kitchen counter with toast, jams, etc.), and coffee and a coffee maker! I asked Andrea about taking a gondola ride and at my request booked us a 1 hour sunset ride from the gondola stand just to the right as you cross the Ponte di Accademia from the rental side of the Grand Canal! Overall, Andrea’s apartment was an absolutely superb base from which to explore Venice (and a wonderful respite from a long day seeing the sites). Thank you Andrea for everything you did for us (both big and small). We very much recommend him and his apartment to anyone looking to stay in Venice. Grazie Andrea, molto molto bene!