Pros:
-great communication from Maurizio pre-trip.
-Francesca met us at the dock, walked us to the apartment, helped with suitcases and gave us a great map, along with recommendations.
- Apartment was spotless.
- Apartment nicely but sparsely and sturdily furnished - great for young kids.
-unexpectedly great location. St Mark's square is nice but is all the way on one side of Venice This was really in the center - close to boat to Murano, for example.
- everything in the apartment is new - so there are not a lot of tricks to learn to get stuff to work. Very straightforward.
- elevator is great (it's a third floor apartment)
Good to know:
-Wifi signal is not strong. While free to us, it's also apparently billed by usage - so there was a note asking us not to watch tv, etc. Since many in US are accustomed to unlimited wifi, it would be helpful to know that in advance (we would have downloaded more before leaving)
- I expected this to be 2 bedrooms, each with attached bath. In fact, the smaller bedroom has an attached bath, but the bath for the larger bedroom is accessible only by walking through living room.
All in all, we had a lovely stay and would happily go back.