What a privilege to stay at Carmen's place: spacious, beautiful furniture and decor, at an authentic and safe location with a balcony overlooking a quiet canal. But the true difference with any other location was attention to all details: the warm welcome from the Italian elderly couple, availability of coffee, drinks and other first groceries, great kitchen equipment, classic bed linen, collection of classic CDs, books - what more could anyone wish? We stayed in Venice once before in a hotel and what a difference this place makes to the experience.