Dario was amazing! He arranged a private water taxi to pick us up at the Santa Lucia train station for 80 euros.Make sure you book that to start your wonderful stay in Venice! We were greeted at the dock right in front of the station and we were on our way! This made our arrival so much easier and fun!
After about a 10 minute ride (wish it was longer) we were dropped off literally in front of Dario's place, and we used the code provided to retrieve the keys. The place is perfect! Clean, spacious for a family of 4 (two teens) and quiet! It was a treat to see the boats go by right in front of us. It was perfectly cool since it was so hot outside and we enjoyed strong AC in all the rooms. We appreciated the washing machine since this was our 3rd place in Italy and a wash was really needed. Dario even provides a large drying rack!
We walked to St. Mark's square twice during our stay. It's a fun walk and you pass many restaurants and shops on the way. It is a bit of a hike (about 25 minutes or so) through many alley ways and bridges but we loved it even on a hot day. Dario's place is in a quiet neighborhood of Cannaregio away from the crowds and we loved that! It still had a small bar hut (so cute!) right down the street which sold good drinks! I bought a spritz (what else when you're in Italy!) at the end of our walk, and brought it back to the airbnb. It was so nice to enjoy a cool drink with an amazing view of the canal in a perfectly cool air-conditioned (very rare in Italy) environment. What more can you ask for?
Thank you Dario for a wonderful stay!