A perfect home away from home for a family of four with two adolescents staying in Venice for 8 days. Perfectly situated in the city ( the adjacent square of Santa Margherita teeming with young people who played music, talked and watched the World Cup to create an amazing, lively, and fun atmosphere which thankfully we could not hear at all from the appartement), a 10 minute walk from both the Rialto and the Academia Bridge, far from the tour groups but with a possibility to easily join them if wished.
The appartement itself is very clean (do not let yourself be put off at all by the exterior - it's in a little dead-end with graffiti on the walls), stylishly decorated with taste and sense. It took us a couple days to discover there was air conditioning, after which we closed the windows against the 2 a.m mosquitoes. The host, and his brother are very helpful. A nice touch, Pietro sent his brother, the day we arrived, with a package we had sent from Amazon to his address outside the city ( Don't get things delivered inside, it can take up to a week extra). He even hand delivered a package himself the day we left ( thank you!).
It was a little like living with the Venetians. We did not feel like tourists after a couple days. The location and nature of the appartement certainly helped.
A wonderful stay at a place we would definitely recommend to anyone who wishes to enjoy the city in all it has to offer.