After reading mostly good reviews about this property on Air BnB, we were looking forward to our six day stay in Venice and our first holiday abroad as a new family. All in all, the flat is very well done out and located not far from the main train and bus station. It is only a short walk to the nearest Vaporetto stop of San Toma so it's a great flat to stay in and explore Venice as a couple or larger group of adults.
However, there are few points that need correcting within the description posted. I am only writing this because i feel it would be beneficial to anyone who would consider booking this accommodation as a family with young children. The flat is situated on the second floor of a typical venetian block of flats in a narrow street. Access to the flat from the bus/ train station requires you to go over a few small bridges and it's 10 to 15 minutes walk.
The flat has a bar below it and the sound of music, singing and people smoking and having conversations outside the bar travels up. The noise stops more or less at 11pm thanks to a local curfew. The flat below on the first floor is currently being completely gutted and renovated which means there are building works from 7.45am until roughly 5pm. The reason I am pointing this out is because, there appears to be a previous review back in 2015 mentioning the building works below so i guess these are set to be there for a few more months and doesn't look anywhere near completion. Building works in Venice are not uncommon but stihl saws and hammers first thing in the morning do not make for a relaxing or family friendly environment.
This property cannot be classed as family friendly and I dearly wish that it hadn't been advertised as such or described by Claudia as "surprisingly quiet". I am disappointed by this stay, especially because of the substantial amount of money that it cost to stay in this luxury apartment. We are heading home to get some much needed rest.
We did not raise this with you Claudia at the time as there is strictly nothing you could do to fix the noise issues. However you may want to consider changing your advert. Having a baby to settle to sleep in these circumstances was less than ideal. Family friendly, it was not.