Arrived at Venice airport and made our way to the water bus which took us to Venice island. Texted and phoned the number we were given to alert them of our arrival, but the number we were given appeared to be out of service … felt that anxiety set in as I pictured us roaming the streets and canals of Venice with over-packed suitcases. As we were making our way to the island however, we got an email confirmation that Desi would meet us at the Rialto stop and show us to the apartment – which she did! Right there waiting as we got off the boat to escort us along the short walk from the vaporetto Rialto stop to the apartment. Be ready and strong – 63 stairs as you maneuver your bags up this never-ending staircase.
The apartment was clean and adequate with clean linen, bath towels, hand towels and bathmat. Great shower, sufficient hot and cold water, and a super air-con that was a nice plus. We would love to have slept with the windows open, but the place became infested with mosquitos after the first evening of doing this, and we got badly bitten so we made the decision to sleep with air con on and windows closed. The beds were fine, but there was no soap or spare toilet paper. We had to remind them to bring our internet hotspot, which took a while to get working. We never heard from the renter once we said goodbye.