It was a fantastic stay in Venice at Ca Novella ! Mariella and family are great hosts. The place is exactly how it has been described. I think it to stay at Mariellas place was the best decision I made, as it is only a 10 minute bus ride from her place to Venice. In venice it is very easy to get lost and I saw people lugging their luggage all over the place as it extremely difficult to negotiate all those steps and bridges!! The hotels are far off and the ones in Venice are way too expensive(so is everything else). The flat has a fantastic location, close to restaurants, shops and everything else you can think off. The flat is very comfortable as is air conditioned and it gave us relief from the heat in Venice. It was a very comfortable, safe and enjoyable stay, especially because we were a big group with age ranges from 1-70 yrs, but it was comfortable for all. On the day of the check out Mariella's father came to our rescue as he dropped some of us off to the airport which was a great help and we could not thank him enough for it. The reason for the taxi fiasco was because the taxi companies are a rip off in Venice. They charged me 40 euros for covering a distance of mere 10kms(shocking). But all in all great stay and thank you to Mariella and family for all the help, loved our stay at their place. Thanxxx