Italo met us on the water taxi from Venice airport, and rode with us to the apartment. He spent about 30 minutes showing us around the flat, and writing a detailed list about places to eat, things to do, etc. The flat is very nice, and larger than it seems from the pictures. We were very pleasantly surprised to find it better than expected - even with all of the other positive reviews. It is very easy to walk to all of the Venice hot spots, and the San Basilio vaporetto (water bus) stop is only 5 minutes away. Our family of 5 really enjoyed Italo's flat in Venice, and highly recommend it to others.