Thank you to Gianluca for letting us stay at his apartment. It was in a great locations - a couple of minute walk from the nearest water taxi stop and about 10 minute walk from the Rialto bridge. Gianluca met us at the at the taxi stop and walked us to the apartment - which was great. He gave us some great recommendations also. The space inside the apartment was great for the five of us and having two bathrooms was great. It was hot but there were plenty of fans that we had no issues at all throughout our stay. There is a local supermarket about 5 minutes max walk away which was great to get to and there was a takeaway pizza place at the end of the street which was fantastic for a cheap lunch. The apartment was in a quiet area of town which was great, you get used to the church bells ringing from 7am but was a great alarm clock to get you up out exploring. Having two sets of keys was a bonus also. Thank you again --- we will definitely be back if we return to Venice.