Have just got home from a fabulous 5 days staying at Adriana and Alvise’s place.
Myself and my fiancé stayed with our children age 10 and 9.
The communication with Adriana and Alvise was excellent even before we arrived. They helped us understand how the apartment was laid out and the easiest way to travel from the airport to Giudecca. Even though we arrived late in the evening (around midnight), they came to meet us, took us to the apartment and told us everything we needed to know about the apartment, the area, interesting places to visit in Venice and how to get around. This local knowledge was invaluable and we ended up doing many of their suggestions.
In addition to this, Adriana and Alvise were absolutely lovely people and put us at ease immediately. They even went out of their way to make one of the double beds into 2 single beds so that our two children could sleep separately. They did this after midnight! They really couldn’t do enough for us.
The apartment itself is large, modern and very clean. It had everything we needed and more.
We found the location great. Giudecca is a lovely quiet residential area with everything that you would need; places to eat and drink, supermarkets, bakeries, fish mongers, butchers etc. And prices are lower than the tourist areas!
The vapporetto stop is a 2min walk from the apartment and it is only one stop from the main island and a couple of stops from San Marco (St Marks square). Boats run for 24hrs and are very regular.
We highly recommend this apartment! The apartment itself, it’s location and the owners were all fantastic!