We visited Venice two weeks ago for 4 days for our weeding anniversary and I am so glad I booked Stefano's property. The location was superb from the spacious airy lounge you can see the Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge and a canal runs down the side of the property with gondolas gently gliding past your windows in the master bedroom as well. We arrived by water taxi to the ground floor apartment from the coach park as we flew into Treviso from Stansted. Spend the money to arrive in style by water taxi. Let Stefano organise it for you! It was amazing to glide down the Grand Canal in the heat with a cool breeze seeing the sights. Stefano was friendly and knowledgeable about his city. He can make reservations at restaurants and organise tours and was very kind and flexible with departure and arrival times. The apartment has two beautiful modern bathrooms and two bedrooms so a family of four, two couples or four friends could share it comfortably. Kitchen is small but extremely well appointed with a coffee machine and cooker and a large fridge freezer in an alcove opposite the kitchen. There are towels and a hairdryer so no need to bring along. There is also a coop supermarket 5 minutes walk from the property where you could shop for a week if you didn't want to eat out every day. The apartment is part of large house that is very beautiful and also very quiet so you get away from the noise of the city and relax. 4 minutes from the house is the Vaperetto stop and 2 minutes away is the Traghetto (gondola for 2 euros) across the Grand Canal to the market. Stefano's family has links to La Fenice (the opera house) so he can organise tickets - La Traviata was first performed there and we will return again to explore more and see an opera as the timings didn't fit with our stay. We did tour the opera house and it is beautiful. You can purchase a 1,2,3 or 7 day Vaperetto passes so when the feet get tired you can get home quickly. Harry's bar for Bellinis is a must ! Also going up on top of the St Marks Basilica to see the view. We loved St. Marks Square at night with the bands playing and the children splashing in the water flooding the square at high tide. But having a siesta in the afternoon with the large door in the bedroom open onto the small side canal with the gondoliers singing and describing the city to their customers as they glide past and while the water laps against the building is stunning. A big thank you to Stefano we would love to return soon and have signed up for Italian classes starting in September xx