This apartment is quite simply the best we have ever had in eleven years of visiting Venice. Combining traditional elegance featuring high ceilings and antique furniture with the best of modern conveniences (air conditioning, washing machine, dishwashers, two very well equipped bathrooms and so on) the apartment was ideally situated on the Via Garibaldi. Sara, who met us, was charming and helpful and we found flowers, Prosecco, peaches and a range of lovely Italian breakfast foods awaiting us. The Castello area is our favourite as it is very Italian and is busy without being too touristy. We tried three new nearby restaurants and all were friendly and offered good food and nice local wine. The newly refurbished Co-op a few metres away from the apartment was terrific and now has an in store patisserie and sells wonderful local meats. The local bakery is great too and we bought our croissants and pastries there every day. Afternoons relaxing in the cool on the sofas and evenings spent on the balcony with a cold Prosecco watching the world go by were delightful.