We really enjoyed staying at Nika and Stefano’s apartment. The location was great for all of our excursions and the view from multiple balconies to the canal below was lovely. One morning we heard and saw an accordion player and a singer in one of the gondolas. Another day, we witnessed all sorts of interesting watercraft including gondolas, delivery boats, private boats, and even a police and ambulance boat! Arriving to and departing from their private dock by private water taxi is the way to go; highly recommend taking advantage of this feature of the apartment. We paid about €100 from the train station to the apartment, and then about €120 from the apartment to the airport. We saw people dragging their luggage in the heat from point to point and it looked miserable. Do yourself a favor and splurge for the water taxi. You can even arrange for it before you arrive: https://www.motoscafivenezia.it/en/
We appreciated Nika and Stefano’s availability during our stay, and them checking in periodically to make sure things were going well, but things went so smoothly we only had a question here and there. Nika provided some interesting history about the building and the apartment was turnkey ready when we arrived. The washer **and dryer** (a rarity to have the latter) was greatly appreciated and worked well. The new A/C worked great. The refrigerator is large and the dishwasher and stove worked well. We never ran out of hot water in the showers. Two bathrooms were greatly appreciated for our family of 4.
Since we arrived around 8pm in the evening, we took advantage of Nika’s recommendation for dinner out right across the campo, which made our first night really easy. The restaurant was great and we enjoyed our meals.
Rialto Mercato is a relatively short walk from the apartment and we enjoyed seeing all the fresh fish and bought some nice fruit there. There are a couple vaporetto stops within about a 10 minute walk of the apartment (S. Silvestro and S. Toma). We really enjoyed traveling up and down the Grand Canal by vaporetto. Recommend taking a gondola on the smaller canals in the morning when there is more shade and it is quieter. When you leave the apartment, take a right as you enter the campo and stay right until you quickly come upon a small bridge. There are usually gondola drivers here.
Highly recommend this apartment. It was a great home away from home and we hope to return some day.