Our three night stay at Alessandro’s place was absolutely lovely! The room itself is clean, bed is very comfortable, and it is well stocked with all kinds of amenities. It’s also got an amazing view of the canal right out your windows, but is nice and quiet at night with the windows closed. It’s a close walk to all of the main sites in Venice! Alessandro was very responsive and easy to communicate with.
One thing to note: we were not aware that in Italy all lodging providers (including Air BnB hosts) are required to provide passport information about their guests to the police. When we arrived Alessandro asked us for pictures of our passports and we were quite alarmed. Due to a bit of a language barrier as well it was a very confusing/stressful situation. Eventually Alessandro agreed to write down our passport info rather than taking a picture on his phone, which made us feel more comfortable. And we confirmed this is common practice. But wanted to share so that other travelers are not caught off guard by this like we were!