Michela and her co-hosts Sylvia and Marco were very helpful, setting up a WhatsApp group so that we could get a quick response to any issues (there weren’t any). She accommodated our request for early check-in, arranging for her colleague Giacomo to meet us from the airport bus and escort us to the apartment; he explained all that we needed to know, dealt efficiently with tourist tax and other paperwork, and recommended an excellent pizzeria for our first evening. At the end of our stay, Michela was equally flexible about letting us leave our luggage at the apartment and keep the keys until it was time to go to the airport, so that we could enjoy a full final morning in Venice.
Michaela’s stylish apartment is in a great location in a quiet street just a few minutes’ walk from the airport bus terminus and the railway station (both have vaporetto stops) as well as many of the major Venice tourist sites. At one end of the street you will find a cafe and a pasticceria for breakfast or afternoon refreshment - the latter will make you a proper pot of Twinings tea, although you need to ask for the cold milk to go with it! At the other end, by a peaceful little canal bridge, there is a supermarket, another pasticceria, a restaurant and a bar/pizzeria.
The apartment itself is clearly recently refurbished and spotlessly clean. The two shower rooms are beautifully fitted out with modern fixtures and powerful rainfall showers (one has massage jets as well), and hand wash was provided. We visited in October when the mornings and evenings were chilly, but the apartment was cosy thanks to effective and easy to control central heating. The cleverly designed kitchenette has all you need for preparing breakfast or snacks, including combi-microwave and stovetop espresso maker. Oil, vinegar, seasonings, tea and sugar are all provided.