We (a family of five with three children under 10) stayed four nights at Gabriel's place.

We found Gabriele to be responsive to emails and easy to deal with - he took a last minute booking and arranged to meet us at the San Angelo dock on the Grand Canal at 9.45 pm - he was waiting when our Alilaguna boat came in from the airport, and helped us to the apartment.

The apartment is in a great location - just off San Stefano's Square, moments from the Accademia Bridge (and thus handy for Dorsoduro, the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Punta della Dogana, etc). Also pretty handy for Piazza San Marco (10 minute walk) and the Rialto Bridge (12 - 15 minute walk).

The apartment is up three flights of stairs, with no lift. That was not a problem for us, however. There is plenty of space - two large bedrooms which easily accommodated us, plus an (unused) dining/sitting room, a decent sized kitchen and a small roof terrace (also unused by us, but the view was nice).

The apartment was spacious and clean, but I think the "luxury" description is stretching it a bit. The pillows, for instance, could do with changing/refreshing between turnovers, and the place had some granny-retro elements to it (some good, some not so good).

The price was fairly steep for what it is, but that is true of Venice generally, not just this place.

Overall, we would recommend Gabriel's apartment to a family of four or five, or two couples, wanting a pleasant and well located base for exploring this unique city.