Antonella’s apartment is fantastic. It is located one block from the water and two blocks from the Rialto Bridge. It is a big open space, very comfortable for several people to share. We were one adult and two older teenagers and were perfectly happy together.
Part of the space is sparse but that is on purpose because it is the part of the apartment that is from the 1400’s (or it might be the 1600’s - either way, OLD). But the things that matter – the bathrooms, the kitchen, the laundry room – are modern and have all the necessary amenities. The laundry room, which to say it in Italy is an amazing thing in and of itself, has not only a washer but a dryer and also an extensive drying rack. It’s so helpful if you’ve been doing any significant traveling.
There are two bathrooms, which helps if you are multiple people. One has a bath/shower and the other has a shower. The air-conditioning is only in the main room but if you keep the bedroom doors open it cools the whole apartment. We were comfortable and we were in Venice during a very hot period.
The only challenge is that there is no elevator but if you are traveling light and in decent physical condition it’s no problem at all. We actually had numerous heavy suitcases but managed coming and going just fine. And the daily up and down was not a problem.
Overall, this was a wonderful space both to live in and to come and go from. It is easy to get to almost everything walking from there – Piazza San Marco, the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, restaurants in Castello and Cannaregio, the Teatro La Fenice, the Biennale, boats to Murano and Burano, etc. etc. If you’re going to Venice, you should grab this place!