Loved it! the place is as described in the photos, we felt right at home, like coming home to our very own apartment after a day exploring Venezia. We visited in August in the heat of summer, 90 degrees weather (+30 celsius), and the air conditioning worked very well, cooled up the place so quickly, unlike our place in Roma the week before which we could barely feel.

Our host, Erica, met us at the ferry stop to guide us back to the apt. which is a must since the street (or alley) would have been difficult to find for the uninitiated tourist. I think they do this for all their guest houses and it was very much appreciated.

It's a great location, close to the water bus stop so there's only one step-bridge to carry your luggage over. The stop is at San Marco Vallaresso, yes, the very stop that leads straight to the famous Piazza San Marco & cathedral which was maybe 100 yards walk from the apartment. Also, we were just off of the main shopping path for Gucci, Ferragamo, MontBlanc, Omega, Louis Vuitton... in other words, the action is happening right outside our front door. Did I mention it was great!

We had to figure out how to lock the front door from the inside though, lol. The key is very unlike the simple keys we have in America and there was a particular method to it which I guess the Venetians just take for granted, but it would have been helpful to demonstrate how the key worked. (clue: just push in partially the top part of the key, then turn it completely around TWICE to secure the bolt. The key can't be removed otherwise).

It was very refreshing to see & learn new things, even the washer/dryers have different settings & the cycles are very looong so you have to be patient, way past an hour to dry your clothes, so we made sure to put a load in the morning. Probably better to just wash in the sink in the evening and use the heated towel racks in the bathroom to dry overnight. Those were cool contraptions, don't see that much in America either (actually, never, but maybe I'm just not very travelled). We like our dryers although I was beginning to catch on that those ubiquitous heated towel rods in all the cities we visited are really very handy!

Tip: it's not recommended (highly discouraged) to use appliances at the same time, like the a/c, hair dryer, and washer/dryer all at once. We were given instruction on how to turn the power back on if we blew a fuse which thankfully didn't happen (but not on how to lock the front door which hubby must have spent 2 minutes trying to figure out lol)

Anyhoo, our stay was a blast, can't say enough good things about the place, the location, the people, and beautiful Venezia! Buon viaggio, ciao ciao!