Milena's place is beautiful, the photos actually do not it justice, it is much more spectacular in person. Everything in the home is easy to use and figure out; coffee maker, air conditioning, lights, etc. The little book of suggestions (in the house) is a nice touch and I would highly recommend VINO VERO for tapas - we pretty much stopped there every day! Her apartment is about a 30 minute walk to San Marco square. It was quiet at night and very comfortable and I'm glad we decided to book it over a hotel for our visit to Venice.
We thoroughly enjoyed the views (how could you not). We found the hotel across the water to be a helpful resource when we had questions or needed a water taxi booked.
Here is the only negative thing about Milena's: the directions she sent on how to get there were horrible. In her directions she says it is a 20 minute walk from the train station, it took us almost 2 hours. In the heat (31c) and with all of our luggage. She spelled every street on her emailed directions differently than they are actually spelled on the signs. For example, she told us "turn left on DUE CORTI" so of course we are wandering around looking for this street and could not ever find it, because on the sign it is spelled "CALLE DE LE DO CORTE". She spells everything in Venetian dialect... That is a huge difference especially to people whose native language is not Italian - it truly set us up for failure. And no, Google Maps does not work in Venice. I was asking local people where on earth these streets were and they had no idea either (because of the spelling). So, before you go, make sure you fully understand her directions, or what would have been good information for us, is, if you get lost, ask for HOTEL HEUREKA, because it is directly across the water and you can see Milena's apartment and how to get there from that hotel.
The garbage is also very confusing, and all all of the recycling boxes were full of bottles and paper, etc when we checked in. We could not find the garbage and recycling spots before heading to the airport for our early morning flight.
In spite of these cons we would definitely stay here again and recommend it to any fellow Airbnb guests.