Marco’s place is well-situated in Venice - close to lots of shops and restaurants and churches, but slightly off the beaten path so it’s slightly easier to avoid tourists clamoring to the main tourist attractions. It was a pretty straightforward check in— he kindly drew a map of how to get to the building since the streets in Venice are so confusing. The apartment is on the first floor (aka the floor above the ground floor), and there’s stairs, so if you have heavy luggage as I did, you may struggle a bit. The apartment was fairly small, and had a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. As other reviewers noted, the shower is TIGHT. Like even turning in the shower was somewhat difficult with the shower door closed. Bath/shower soap was not provided, but there was shampoo and hand soap. The bedroom itself is pretty spacious— however, my main issue was with the air conditioning. The unit is in the hallway leading to the bedroom, and even with the bedroom door open, I felt the air barely made it through. It was somewhat hot in Venice but I can’t imagine what it would be like to stay there in August when it’s scorching out. Having fans might have helped the issue.
In addition, when I arrived, there was construction of some kind happening to the back of the building, very close to the windows of the apartment. It was extremely loud and lasted for a while the day I checked in, and resumed the following morning before/around 9am. I don’t know how often this happens, but it was somewhat irritating, especially if you’re hoping to get some rest.
Also, there was a crying baby and barking dog in another unit in the building which, although fainter in the unit than in the hall, I could still hear while in the unit itself.