Donatella's apartment is absolutely charming, and in a great neighborhood--full of locals, away from the throng of tourists, but still close to some wonderful restaurants and bars. It's also one vaporetto stop away from the closest Alilugana stop to the airport, so it's very convenient for early flights.

Unfortunately, there was a downside--the last night we were there, mosquitos swarmed the apartment, and we were terribly bit up during the night. The downside of the traditional European lack of screens. And there's a school in the area, and at 7:45am, there were crowds of kids running around yelling outside.

I hope the mosquitos were an exception, but Venice is full of them. As I said, the space is lovely and the location ideal.