Venice review:
We enjoyed our stay at Grassi this week for 3 days before we started a cruise. ViewsOnVenice communicated back quickly each time I had an inquiry and assisted in arranging transport from the airport via private water taxi to the nearest vaporetto stop on Samuele $115 Euro. The walk from the stop to the apartment is only 5 mins at most and is straight forward. This was nice as we had a lot luggage for our three week cruise. Christina met us at the stop, walked us to the apartment and gave us some ins and outs of the apartment including garbage schedule.
Garbage collection is each morning between 6-8am and you must place it outside the downstairs door. We didn't have much garbage so we waited until the last day and collected all the garbage for one drop and it was fine. Separate the garbage from the recyclables.
The apartment was as photographed. Each room has its own ductless heating/AC unit that is controlled by wireless remote. One of the remotes did not work but luckily I had two extra AAA batteries to power it on when needed. The remote is tricky to figure out how to work and you may have to flip through the mode button to get it to work. There are no power converters so be sure you are bring your own.
The bathrooms were both very nice and plenty of hot water since it uses a tankless system. There is a blow dryer also available in the bathroom.
Three separate times the lights on the switches went out completely (all outlets still worked) and we don't know why. We weren't using much of anything. The breaker panel is located above the front door on the left and has one cover plate and three switches. Flip the tripped breaker back over and we were back in business.
Wifi worked very well. We walked around easily and I would highly recommend using an offline map to navigate.
ViewsOnVenice also arranged a private water taxi for us for transport to the cruise terminal ($90 euro) from our stop on Samuele. Nobody seems to take a tip around here so you can expect to just pay the posted fare/price. Also the private water taxis and Gondolas only take cash.
We had a great time in Venice and this apartment met all of our needs. Very quiet area and the communication and service were great.