Mario replied very promptly to our enquiries and confirmations. He also made arrangements for Elisa to meet us off the Alilaguna water shuttle and lead us to the apartment. Very welcome as not so easy to find your way around at the start. What might be very helpful in the future is to give guests a map with the apartment marked on, as it took us 24 hours to realise we had got the wrong Calle degli Albanesi. The apartment itself was very well set out and had a lovely feel about it. The listing on the Airbnb site is very acurate. It is quite a decent climb to the top floor so good at keeping you fit and you do need to be a lover of hard beds. The neighbourhood is quiet and so close to everything making for a great location... Easy to get up early to see San Marco square without so many people... We really had a delightful time in Venice.

As we arrived late on a Sunday a few provisions would have been very welcome such as a few teabags and a little coffee. The adaptor arrangement in the kitchen meant only one appliance could be used at once - inconvenient but not insurmountable.