Alessandro's apartment was spotlessly clean with all the facilities one might need for a place to stay pover in Venice. It was spotlessly clean with thoughtful touches. Alessandro is a great host. Upon realising it was our first trip to Venice (and we were arriving at night and without much understanding of Italian) he offered to fetch us from the station (for a small fee) and he spent quite a while explaining Venice and the transport system to us - we would have been literally lost without his help. The apartment was very comfortable and had everything we needed for our stay to be most pleasant and memorable.