Our hosts met us at the nearest vaporetto stop on the Grand Canal to guide us to the apartment, showing us where the some of the best local shops and restaurants were on the way.
The first-floor flat was in a very quiet area, right in the middle of Dorsoduro, reached through a gated yard off one of the main through routes from the Grand Canal to the Zattere.
The accommodation was all that Michele had said it was. Spacious, light, comfortable, and spotlessly clean, with windows overlooking canals which ran along two sides.
We didn't really do justice to the well-equipped kitchen, as we ate out most of the time, but we would have done if we had stayed longer.
Michela provided lots of written information about the best places to eat both locally and elsewhere in Venice and using all the facilities of the apartment.
It was an excellent, comfortable base for exploring Venice, and our hosts were as helpful as could be.