Overall we really enjoyed ourselves in this place but there were quite a few letdowns!!...
Starting with the photos, it’s hard to understand the layout of the place. There are five keys leading to gates and doors to access the apartment. We were two couples of very different schedules and interests and we had to share one set of keys which was extremely inconvenient. The host very politely let us know he would not provide us with a second set of keys, which was a huge disappointment. The garden on the photo is beautiful but that’s all it is, it is not set up to be sat in, it’s just very pretty. The beautiful photo of the canal is all it is also, just a photo. The doors cannot be opened. We had sent a message to the host asking if the double doors opening onto the canal were part of the apartment and got no answer. We thought surely they were since the photo is there! But no. The doors exist, they are downstairs to the apartment but they are locked.
The host also insists on being called a half hour before the meeting for confirmation. We tried confirming again and again before we left the wifi of our previous condo but that wouldn’t do, he must be called a half hour prior to meeting time, which is so very inconvenient when you don’t have European phones and unable to call.
The two bathrooms and rooms are right next to one another so not as much intimacy as we had enjoyed in other apartments with rooms farther apart. Don’t let the windows open at dusk or you will spend your night mosquitoe-hunting like i did!
Okay, i kept the good for last! Very clean place! When you stick your head out the kitchen window you can see the gondolas on the canal below and that is really special! Great location. We would not come back because of the communication and keys problems.