Adriano was incredibly helpful in getting us to his beautiful place on Giudecca. His apartment is incredibly well-situated, just down one street off from Palanca water-bus stop, and only a short journey away on the water-bus to St Mark's. Our room was very clean and perfect size for the two of us, with an en suite bathroom. Adriano's friend was staying with us as he was out of town, but when we were lost finding his place he was straight away on hand to direct us over the phone, making sure we were alright.

The apartment is beautiful and has a real, authentic Italian feel to it. There is a supermarket very close by, and some great restaurants along the pier where you can eat and look over Venice. We didn't spend too much time in Giudecca, but the water-bus takes only 20 minutes to get to St Mark's (roughly), and we spent every day walking around the city. Adriano very kindly gave us city maps (utterly crucial...!), and let us use his kitchen and fridge, so we had breakfast there every day in the sun.

We loved staying on Giudecca as you get out of the mix of the centre of Venice, which was super-busy as we went during Carnivale. It was also a nice way to start the day (we were lucky with the weather!), getting the water-bus over the water to St Mark's every morning.

Giudecca is also very easy to get to from the airport, which also helped. We cannot recommend Adriano's place highly enough, it was clean, quiet, spacious, and welcoming, the perfect base for exploring Venice!