This place is very clean, spacious, modern, and a really great value.
I highly recommend staying here instead of staying in a hotel in Venice. We were on the fence about staying in a really nice hotel or in an BnB…I am so glad we went with this BnB. The nicer hotels like the Bauer are extremely expensive and I imagine the rooms are small. Here you can have multiple rooms with good air conditioning, as well as a full kitchen in case you want to cook some meals or just have cold drinks and snacks on hand all while being right on the Grand Canal!
The views from the two large front windows are really nice. You get the true Venetian experience but the neighborhood here in San Polo is one of the best parts of this place. It is just a two minutes walk to the Rialto bridge where you can walk right into the heart of San Marco but this area of San Polo is much more quiet and away from the really busy tourist areas. You can walk pretty much anywhere from this location, it is very central and there are a ton of great little restaurants nearby that are also not as touristy, more local spots. I mean there are pretty much tourists all over Venice in Summer which is when we were there but this area is really great.
The pull out couch in the living room was great for our daughter and they double bed in the main bedrooms was soft and great for two people.
The apartment kept out the noise from outside pretty well. In the mornings and at night you can hear people talking as they walk down the street while you are in the bedroom as the windows in the bedroom are right next to a walkway. But it is not bad at all as the area is not super busy.
Daniela and team were super helpful and great at responding to all questions. They send you an online check in link a couple days before your arrival and there is an option to book a water taxi to pick you up from the airport or train station and take you directly to the apartment. I HIGHLY recommend doing this as it was so convenient. We had a lot of luggage and came in on the train and it was extremely hot and humid in Venice to Santa Lucia station and the water taxi was waiting for us at the dock outside the station right after we arrived. The water taxi is expensive at 70 Euros but it was worth it. I cannot imagine trying to cram all our luggage on to one of the crowded public transit boats (vapporettos) and then have to try to walk with all the luggage to the apartment! Trust me, book the water taxi! It is also a really nice way to see Venice for the first time on the way to your apartment.
The water taxi dropped us off right outside the apartment where a man greeted us to check in. Make sure to have your passports and cash for the tourist stay tax for the greeter during check in. He explained the apartment and also showed us the book they have there that gives recommendations of places to see and good restaurants to try.
You can walk to San Marco square from here, it was only about 15 minutes.
There is a good smart tv in the living room that has Netflix etc on it for watching movies.
If you are going to take a gondola ride, we recommend walking the streets behind the apartment in San Polo to find a Gondolier. There are a few Gondolier docks in this neighborhood and they are much less busy. It was also really nice to take the gondola ride through the quiet small canals of San Polo as opposed to the backed up busy gondola trains that happen in the busy spots on the grand canals. Our gondolier still took us on to the grand canal but most of the 30 minute ride was in small quiet San Polo canals where the gondolier explained the history of the area and buildings we passed by. It was an amazing experience and we highly recommend doing it. Also a lot of tourists don’t realize that each gondolier had to pass many hundreds of hours of training to become one, they own their own boats and a lot of them were trained by their fathers or families and it is passed down and they take great pride in their work and tradition. So please show them respect.
Can’t say enough good things about our stay here. Do yourself a favor and book here.