After reading all of Chiara's reviews prior to booking Ca' Gabriella we anticipated her to be an excellent host. She did not disappoint.

She tried her best to meet us at the water taxi station upon our arrival but we screwed up and continued on to a different stop. She was patient and waited for us to arrive at the apartment about 45 minutes later.

Chiara has a very warm and welcoming personality and showed us around the apartment, how to use certain appliances, etc. as well as gave us plenty of advice (with a handy map) on where to eat, get groceries and so on. I can go on with these sorts of details but the important thing is I would highly recommend her as a host.

The apartment itself was essentially perfect. It was clean, well equipped for any length of stay, and the location is fantastic. Need to be a little careful with mosquitos at night if you leave the windows open to cool it down, but Chiara warned of that and provided a small plug-in deterrent.

One thing to note is that the garbage bins are divided into type of materials and each of them has a different date of pickup. We did not realize the pickup situation until near the end of our stay and thus things piled up a bit (wine bottles, go figure). Sorry!

We would certainly recommend this apartment to anyone who wishes to stay in Venice in a location that is very conveniently located yet tucked away on a quiet street.

If we return to Venice one day, we will surely look for this apartment.