We have mixed feelings about Francesca's place in Giudecca. So I'll start with positive notes. The place is located on an opposite island from the main Venice island so it is definitely quieter. Francesca provided us valuable tourist tips for things such as the vaporetto routes and places to visit besides the obvious tourist attractions on the main island. We also enjoyed spending time in her "garden" for breakfasts and snacks.

We stayed for a week so the experience started to vary around the third day. We noticed that the garden was shared between the neighbor apartments so we began to notice strange stares from the neighbors even though we were not doing anything unusual or being disruptive. There were days when we did not get new towels or sheets. Worse yet, we often came back to find that the house smelled fumigated with a lot of "herb" (you know what I mean). We expected a non-smoking experience in the common living area inside the house. Now, here's the cherry on top - on the last day, we practically got kicked out of our room for leaving our stuff inside past 11am, which Francesca claimed to be the checkout time. However, according to our booking invoice RECEIPT # 4026874687, the checkout time stated "Flexible". Also, prior to the day of departure, Francesca made no attempt to even leave a note or talk to us about the checkout time. We would have appreciated that.