Our visit to Casa Zucchi was amazing! We arrived by water taxi which was very convenient to the house. Mariacaterina was helpful as we searched the airport for the water taxi office where we had reserved our boat. (hint: The Consorzio Venice Water Taxi office is directly next to the baggage claim exit on the left and the sign simply says Speed Boats.) When we made it to the house, Antonella and Eugenio were waiting for us to check in. The house is truly spectacular. It's clean and beautifully appointed. The Venetian plaster is beautiful with the reflections of canal and the view from the balcony is breathtaking. We had a lovely sunny day when we arrived and the boats on the canal were mesmerizing. Antonella was so helpful offering tips for the neighborhood including an easy to find grocery shop and great restaurants for dinner and lunch. We found our way around pretty quickly and the house is very centrally located. You can see the Accademia bridge from the house and it's a quick 15 min walk to San Marco square. There were lots of churches, museums and sites to explore close to the house. The house offered us all the amenities we could need including good coffee maker, large refrigerator, dishwasher, great washer and dryer and plenty of hot water. The house is so lovely that you should definitely plan your day to include time to sit and watch the water traffic of Venice unfold from your balcony. We will definitely try to stay here again on our next visit to Venice! We used the vaporetto a lot and there is a close stop, Giglio, to the house. However our first time we had to walk to San Marco to find a ticket machine to print our multi-day passes that we bought online. (It's not much farther just a suggestion to plan ahead.) We enjoyed a great night tour of St. Mark's Basilica with Walks of Italy. We had the whole church to our small group of 15 people. We also took a private boat tour with Eugenio booked at Yourboatvenice.com. It was such a special way to see the lagoon and surrounding islands. We learned a lot about the history of the islands and saw Venice from a completely different perspective. We had great aperativos on the boat and Eugenio is a great captain and tour guide. His boat was also immaculately clean and comfortable. I highly recommend the tour!
A big thanks to Mariacaterina and her whole family for a warm welcome to Italy and superb stay at their family home!! Mille Grazie!