Antonio and his wife are just fabulous hosts and very nice and open people. Antonio picked us up at the Rialto Bridge and showed us the lovely apartment. He does everything to make you feel at home and the apartment is just perfect. Great location close to the Vaporetto station and nice area with restaurants, shops and bars and the romantic market place just outside the door. Also nice and quiet with a dark and cozy bedroom and plenty of space and even 2 bathrooms, We hardly used the lovely living room, just the kitchen, so it can easily by occupied by 3 or 4 guests since it even has two full bathrooms. It is well equipped and Antonio and Paola even have a bottle of Prosecco in the fridge and the Venetian Prosecco is really good. We highly recommend the place for discovering Venice. Even the airport boot leaves at Rialto, so that is also very easy for transport back and forth to Marco Polo airport. The great thing about Venice is that next to the main streets packed with tourists there are smaller, hidden streets where you are completely alone and can enjoy the wonderful sights of this very beautiful and romantic city. Paris is not romantic, it's just a large European city, Venice is romantic and the open Palazzi for the Biennale are so special and just a unique treat to the world. Thank you, Antonio and Paola for making our second stay in Venice, after 19 years so memorable.