Serena's apartment was just perfect!

It is spacious, and extremely well equipped. Serena had very kindly stocked the kitchen with biscuits, bread, pasta and wine and also put a good selection of things in the refrigerator.

Serena sent clear directions on how to find the apartment and met me on arrival. She was very helpful and friendly and went through how everything worked. She also spent time explaining good places to go and how to use the maps.

The apartment location is fantastic, looking out on to a little square with a canal and bridge. Around the square are useful shops, including a cheap and cheerful takeaway pizza place and a little bar. Every evening musicians turned up and played for an hour or so in the square below the apartment - one night a String trio, another, gypsy violinists.

The apartment is in easy walking distance to Rialto and St Mark's square - or almost anywhere and there is a good supermarket about 10 minutes walk.

I felt I could have stayed forever, and at night when I closed the shutters and settled in it really felt like home.

Highly recommended!