Martina was a great host. She sent details of places to visit, the best way to get to Venice from the airport, and lots of information about places to buy groceries and to eat out. She kindly met us at the water bus and took us to the apartment where she went through everything very thoroughly. The place was bigger than I expected and very clean. The bedrooms are a lovely size with plenty of storage space in the wardrobes and the kitchen was well equipped (maybe could do with some more sharper knives for preparing food) and the bathroom was very clean and looked brand new. It was a perfect base to explore Venice and we found it very comfortable. The area was very peaceful and pretty.
Unfortunately one member of our party developed a blister from an insect bite (there was plenty of protection from mosquitoes inside the property) and it burst whilst she was asleep. Unknown to us this marked one of the bedsheets which we then had to pay for on our return as we had left Venice for the airport before Martina could notify us. In hindsight I will make sure I wait for the owner and maybe do a handover ‘face to face’. Martina did keep us well informed throughout the process of arranging the payment of the spoilt bedsheet.
Apart from this we all had a lovely experience of Venice and would definitely return one day.