This apartment is quite spacious and is in a lovely location. The view from the windows is mesmerizing; if it weren’t for the mosquitoes I could have sat out there for hours. The host left mosquito spray in the house, which was very thoughtful since obviously Venice is buggy.
A couple of notes:
- You are right next to the Grand Canal, and the sound of the boats is a bit like engines revving. And the waste collection in the morning happens at the dock right outside, which is noisy. It is an old building with old windows, so you hear it all. I learned to turn my white noise way up to drown everything out.
- Both bathrooms are large, and the shower in the second bedroom is heavenly! The main bedroom’s shower head needs to be replaced, however.
- The listing says it has a coffee maker, but be aware that there are only moka pots - and they were both so dirty I ended up buying instant coffee. Was it good? No. But was it coffee? Yes. :) Also, there was no sugar so make sure you bring some packets for yourself!
- The trash seems complicated at first, but it’s not too bad. The note in the apartment mentions rubbish points but doesn’t explain where that is. So for others’ benefit: the rubbish points are right at the dock outside. They roll these big baskets there and leave them for a couple of hours (6:30-8:30 in the morning if I remember correctly) so folks can drop their rubbish off. The note also says that the trash folks come by sometime after that and ring the doorbell, but I never heard a doorbell. Maybe we were gone every time they came by. Also note that I didn’t see any extra trash bags. So once you’ve taken stuff out, you’re on your own.
Somewhat off topic: I’ve stayed in multiple places throughout Italy now. The three we stayed in prior to this one provided coffee, sugar, and trash bags. However, one place only left one roll of toilet paper for a week’s stay. Here we had plenty of toilet paper but no extra trash bags, coffee, or sugar. Most people traveling through Italy and Europe visit multiple places and don’t have the luggage capacity to carry all of these things with us, nor do we want to waste money at every stop and buy these essentials over and over again. I wish there was some standard. But this kinda applies to all Airbnb’s, not just this one.

I will say it was very nice to have a washing machine with a dryer - what a treat!! The couches were super comfortable. The place was so spacious and very clean (other than the aforementioned appliances). All in all a very good place that with just some minor tweaks could be great.