Absolutely fantastic apartment! We've stayed in many, many places over the years, and this is easily one of the very, very best. The apartment itself is beautiful - a lovely restoration of an old building, only on the first floor (but with no-one above you). Modern kitchen and bathroom, really comfortable spacious bedroom (great bed!), great lounge with fast efficient wifi, and lovely light from windows all round, with canals on two sides. It's so peaceful - just sit and look at the churches reflected in the canals, and watch gondoliers drifting by from time to time. One morning we even saw a heron. The location is perfect - 2 minutes from lovely bars and restaurants, 10 minutes from Academia - but in a local, residential area. This is the real Venice. But the best thing of all is Michela herself. She met us from the waterbus stop, full of smiles and chatter, and walked with us the 5 minutes to the apartment (easy walk, no steps). She spent time showing us how everything worked (there's also a brilliant folder of info and ideas) and showed us on a map where shops and bars were, as well as her favourite places in Venice. She left us an amazing welcome pack, with bellinis and prosecco and biscotti and fresh fruit, as well as wonderful coffee, milk, juice and water. She messaged us during our stay to check we were OK - and we even bumped into her one afternoon walking her dogs. She went out of her way to make us feel welcome - it was like having a good friend on call. She was even kind enough to post something on to us that we left behind. We'd go back tomorrow - beautiful apartment in a gorgeous area, with an amazing host. All at a really reasonable price - doesn't get much better than that! Don't look elsewhere - just book it now!