The apartment is a bit dark and it smelt of stale smoke but that might’ve been the previous guests or possibly neighbours, rather than the host’s fault. Paola met us and was very kind and helpful. The apartment is at a great location with some lovely restaurants but not too touristy. There is a water view but you really have to go up to the windows to see it - that might be true of Venice generally as it’s a traditional old style apartment, including the windows. There were two showers but one had very low water flow while the other did not really get hot.