Our host Nicola, was amazing! We felt welcomed right away. He had Miss Rosanna caretaker of the place waiting for us upon our arrival. She even came to our water taxi drop off point to direct us to the place. The house is in one of the best neighbourhoods in Venice. Campo San Polo!!! An authentic Italian square offering you daily Italian lifestyle away from busy touristic and hustling and bustling part of town, yet very close to all of the touristic sightseeing places. We felt part of the culture just by hanging out in the square...early morning and around sunset locals come out to hang out, read paper, women gather, kids playing soccer in the corner, birds flying around and quenching their thirst from the fountain, and all was happening in the square right before our eyes in front of your huge terrace. Literally it took us 10-15 min easy walking with beautiful views to almost all of the sights. The House is super clean with a very open floor which offers privacy to almost everybody in the apartment. It is in 3 floors with huge big terrace overlooking the square, Campo San Polo. Just hanging out in our place was an experience by itself for all of us. My another favourite part of the place was big windows allowing lots of light coming into the place. Eventhough the kitchen was on a smaller side, but we didn't have any problem cooking and making breakfast for all of us. The house is well equipped with all of cookware, dishes, utensils and etc... There was even a piano in the building outside our door!!! We totally had fun with it...hopefully the neighbors didn't get annoyed with my unskillful play :) I personally liked the architecture of the house and the fact that it is sitting above a very popular restaurant/pizzeria made it even more authentic. We hardly heard any the noise from the restaurant. We simply ate downstairs whenever we felt like and the food was good. One of the bedrooms'(downstairs) windows opened right in the middle of restaurant's terrace...it was so fun and exciting to sometimes hear passionate Italian conversations on the background...you should see it for yourself. The farmer's(fish) market is off Rialto Bridge and again super close...10 min walking distance...offering all types of things, vegetable, greens, fruits and ... I am vegetarian and mostly eat organic and didn't have a hard time to find what i needed. The market was a huge plus. We stayed in the house for a week and in the end Miss Rosanna came to say goodbye to us. We were sad leaving the place but knowing if we ever go back to Venice, for sure would stay at this place again. I forgot to take few of my items with me in the end as they were hiding behind the couch. Miss Rosanna gathered them for me and sent them in the post to Canada for me. I would say, our stay...