Had a lovely stay in Barbara's apartment in Venice. It was close by to San Silvestro bus stop and within a v.short walking distance to Rialto bridge.

Although I never met Barbara as we were shown to the apartment by Barbara's mum, she was very helpful and gave us directions from the airport beforehand. She was a communicative host but a response took a few days to come through.

We were shown to the apartment by Barbara's mum who quickly gave us the keys and went off. This suited us as we'd been to Venice before and knew our way around.

The apartment has everything you need for a short stay. We were given towels (although only for 4 people, we had booked for 5) and I was surprised to find that there was no hairdryer or a duvet for the bed, just a bed sheet. Is it to be noted that there is no wifi in the apartment, which we hadn't realised, but this is our fault, we hadn't read the advert properly.

All in all, it is a lovely spacious property, well-located and we had a great time.