Check-in went very smoothly via Caterina, our contact. We were grateful to her for suggesting meeting at the vaporetto stop rather than at the apartment as we would probably have had some difficulty finding the apartment by ourselves!
The apartment was comfortable, spacious and quiet. A good firm bed, which is important! It was beautifully decorated and the location was perfect, within five minutes’ walk of the Rialto bridge that joins the two halves of Venice. Everywhere in the city was accessible, and the apartment overlooked a little square on a bridge with a canal view, a waiting gondola, a nice restaurant and a Co-op where you could get all necessary provisions within a few steps of the front door.
There were just a few things which for us would have added more comfort and convenience. It would be nice to have an electric kettle and a microwave oven – the gas stove was magnificent but not ideal for just making a cup of tea! A mop would have been handy to deal with the water that persistently overflowed from the shower onto the bathroom floor. There was no tea-towel, and no dishwasher tablets were provided.
But these were minor drawbacks. Marcia’s apartment was a comfortable and very convenient base for a most enjoyable visit to Venice.