If you're traveling to Venice you NEED to stay at Michela's place!!! I wouldn't want to stay anywhere else! She went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable, had maps and a ton of other information about her recommendations for us when we arrived, and had the fridge stocked with spritz, coke, water, etc; fresh fruit and chocolate for us!! It was a lovely welcome! I also liked that her place was a little out of the tourist area so you could still feel like you were truly experiencing Venice, but it was close enough to the tourist stuff if you wanted to visit all the sites.