Clean and modern apartment, as promised! Upon both check-in and check-out, Maddalena was very accommodating about luggage drops. Female solo travelers and Biennale revelers might take heed re: the location: contrary to another review, the Giardini is about a 30 min. walk away (<--this from a fast-walking NYer) not 5-7 minutes away, as someone else noted. The apartment's located in charming cul-de-sac, which is rather dark and deserted at night--had I walked to it alone from the vaparetto stop, I may have been a bit nervous... Otherwise, a delightful spot!