What better a Venetian experience than opening our curtains in the mornings to see the locals going by the window on boats with their groceries? It's less than 5 mins walk from the San Basilio vaporetto stop - meaning it's easy to get connections to and from Piazzale Roma bus station and Santa Lucia train station. It's perhaps not quite as close on foot to the main sights as we'd hoped, but handy for anyone with a vaporetto pass to get about.

The apartment itself is a basic, small room from which to explore the city - we probably wouldn't call it romantic! However it's in a largely quiet residential neighbourhood away from the hustle and bustle, and of course right by the canalside. Overall a good base from which to take in the sights and sounds of Venice, and we slept well after long days walking the city's streets and bridges!

Though she wasn't in town to meet us, check in and out went smoothly, and Elena was great to communicate with prior to and throughout our stay.