Mario was very nice. Although he spoke little English he tried his very best to communicate with us, and was very polite. While showing us to the apartment he even carried my suitcase for me.
The view from the flat was unbelievable. Right on a main canal. The windows were very large and fully opened up so it was easy to look out to all the boaters and enjoy the view.
Due to the canal there was noise from the boats although you could only hear that in the kitchen/living room, the bedroom was nice and quiet.
The apartment didn't have A/C but the bed room had a nice fan, making it easily to sleep.
The bed in the apartment was very comfy. I didn't wake up sore at all, unlike most hotels !
The only thing that I would ask Mario to change is the communication before getting to Venice.
We drove by car so had to find parking ahead of time, and had to find a way onto the island. The day before I was trying to ask Mario where to park and how to get onto the island and all he said was that there will be a lot of parking lots and you have to take the bus. He then said for me to contact him when we got into Venice. I told him how I can only contact him via WIFI, and his reply to that was that there are a lot of places in Venice to get on wifi.
Being in Italy trying to find where to park and speak with to someone to try and find where to buy bus tickets and which bus to take was extremely hard.
When we finally got to Venice it took us about 30 minutes to find somewhere with wifi and when we did all Mario said was to take a boat to a certain spot, bought tickets for that and it was about a 30 minute bus-boat ride.
I was pretty upset by the time we got off the stop, but Mario was so nice and helpful that it made up for everything.
I felt safe staying in his apartment.
Mario also gave us a spot to leave our suitcases after we checked out !!!
Thank you for the stay Mario