Fulvia & Livio are exemplary hosts, kind and caring. Travellers can easily become exhausted, disoriented and forgetful. The Ca'Amadi was our first booking with AirBnb. From the moment we confirmed our reservation, just before our arrival, and finally when we returned home to Toronto, Fulvia has kept in touch with timely reassuring communications.

We arrived in Venice by train at Santa Lucia, purchased 3 day Unica city water bus passes, and took the 4.2 to the CREA stop (only 1 bridge with steps). As a family of 3, we travelled way too heavy to drag our luggage any distance across the stone streets. The water bus pass was a saviour and in spite of a 24 hour transportation workers strike, still took us on an unforgettable visit to Murano and Burano on our 3rd day.

We arrived early, 2 hours before check in, and Fulvia & Livio, who live in the same building, were kind enough to allow us to leave our luggage in their home while the apartment was being cleaned. When we were leaving, they also helped us carry our heavy baggage across 2 nearby stepped bridges, to catch the Alilaguna water bus to Marco Polo airport at the GUGLIE stop.

The apartment is convenient to train and airport connections. We especially enjoyed coming 'home' to the less frenetic, less touristy Cannaregio area after visiting Rialto / San Marco. 'Home' is a spacious, spotless, high ceiling, fully furnished and equipped 2 bedroom apartment, with kitchen, bathroom and living room, in an old palace, suitable for a couple or family of 3 or 4, with a magnificent view to enjoy morning coffee overlooking activity on the canal.

We are seafood lovers. In our travels to Kortijk, Brugge, Paris and Florence, we most often ate meat dishes or take out from bakeries, delis, or pizzerias hoping to save ourselves for good seafood on our last stop. Venice did not disappoint. We ate the highest quality, fresh seafood each night. We ate nearby in Cannaregio at the slightly upscale Osteria Anice Stellato, and on Burano, but for us, nothing came even close to the all inclusive fixed menu seafood dinner we enjoyed at Marisa's Trattoria downstairs from the apartment.

We consider ourselves very fortunate to have stayed in Fulvia's palace and to have dined at Marisa's. The magical charm of Venice lives on… We can recommend staying at the Ca'Amadi without hesitation and hope to return soon.

Thank you so much to our hosts Fulvia & Livio for allowing us this privilege!

Vickey, Neil & Aisha