If you are having second thought about booking Martha's Beautyful Venice apartment - Don't. Just click that "Book me" button. Having had many experiences staying at Airbnb places, Martha is by far one of the perfect hosts. You can tell from when she greeted us at the S. Angelo vaporetto stop to walking with us to the apartment, how much she loves the city and how she wanted us to have the complete experience both as tourists and as locals.
The apartment was close to everything - shops, restaurants, grocery store. We walked everywhere from the apartment. It was clean, warm shower in the bigger-than-usual bathroom, kitchen fully-equipped with snacks, microwave, stove, pots, kettle, silverware and a moka (that’s right - an old-fashioned coffeemaker in Europe, which to me added a nice Italian touch to the experience). It was cozy.
If you have no itinerary for Venice or have no clue where to go, don't worry about it. Martha has a list of sights to see, places to eat (which were all spot-on, trust me we went to almost all of them) and that evening boat ride with an Irishman named Daryl - that was a total value-added service. It gave me a different view of Venice seeing the building lights turned on at night…from the water! I highly recommend staying at Beautyful Venice. Hope to come back someday soon.