This was the 14th time I stayed with Airbnb and it was by far the worst. I have stayed in Venice several times before and understand it is an old city with old apts. so my expectations are appropriate. Pros: Mario was nice enough, answered emails and met us at the vaporetto stop in a timely manner. He provided some breakfast goods. He allowed us to store our luggage in the hallway after the earliest checkout, 9 am, I have ever heard of on Airbnb. Cons: The stench of cat urine was overwhelming in the apartment. It was coming from the alleyway outside of the apt. As you approached the apt. it became overwhelming. Now, I am a nurse so I am used to strong smells, but this was an awful stench. Every time we approached the apt. we had to hold our breath. The bedroom windows bordered the alley so we had to close them in order to keep out the smell. The one small light on the wall of the bedroom did not work. When we texted Mario he said he was out of town and could not fix it until the morning and that we should switch the lightbulbs around. This did not make sense since in the morning we would not need the light. We needed it at night. There were no spare lightbulbs in the apt. and the stores were closed by the time we discovered that. Luckily we brought a flashlight. The apt was very hot without any cross ventilation. There was no fan. The TV was an old tube type that seemed to get only one channel and the on/off switch which was already broken and never fixed broke off again in my fingers. I had to unplug it to shut it off. The gas stove was supplied with no matches to light it. The windows that we could open were on a major water taxi route. Water taxis are motor boats, pretty at first, but loud. School children go by just on the opposite side of the canal in the morning, dogs bark. It is only quiet in the apt for moments at a time. After a sleepless night in a smelly hot, noisy apt. we were more than eager to leave. There were 3 of us so after the fee for the extra person the price was about $174.00. This place was no bargain and if I had booked for more than one night I would have switched places.