Roberto sent his friend Chiara to meet us from the water taxi -all as planned. Chiara was lovely and welcoming and walked us to the apartment which was just a few minutes from where the boat dropped us off. The apartment was even nicer and more spacious than I had expected, extremely clean with lots of charachter with a gorgeous terrace where we had breakfast every morning before the sun got too hot. The quiet air conditioning was wonderful, given the time of year. The neighbourhood was perfect, not too touristy with lots of local shops and stalls where we could buy fruit, fish and veg. There are also lots of great restaurants near by and it is a very short water bus ride to the beach at lido. I have been to Venice several times and this is the nicest place I have stayed!