My girlfriend and I had a fantastic stay at Marcello's apartment in Venice at the weekend. We arrived bang on 11am and the place was ready for us and spotlessly clean - there is a bit of a language barrier but with a bit of commitment it's easily worked around! Marcello and his wife were incredibly kind and polite and took us around the location and area to show us nearby restaurants, supermarkets, bars etc. Marcello was even kind enough to buy us an espresso each and we sat down and had a little chat.
The location is ideal - it is real Venice and not bunched up in a really touristy area, it's real Venetian life and there are many places to eat and drink (and get great gelato 1 min walk away) in the area!
Everywhere is walking distance in Venice - 15min walk from the property to San Marco and the "main" attractions - but there's plenty nearby. Nearby water bus stop about a 5 minute walk away (Guglie) which will take you to places like Murano, Lido and so on - so location was really good.
Property is as shown in the pictures, a cute and personal apartment with working air con and a gas fire for winter. Essentials such as water, oil, salt, pepper, biscuits, croissants were all provided free of charge - another nice little surprise and extra.
I really would 100% recommend a stay at this place - truly is fantastic and without doubt the nicest Airbnb hosts that we've stayed with and come across over the two years we've used Airbnb. Thank you guys!