Sebastiano’s apartment is in a great location. Just minutes from San Marco Square. You have to go up 4 flights of stairs, but if you have small bags it really isn’t an issue. The apartment was clean, the beds were comfortable and they had coffee and tea and bottles water and a few sodas in the fridge which was a nice touch. Having 2 bathrooms was very nice! The view from the balcony was absolutely beautiful. If you wanted to take a gondola ride, there were many lined up right outside the apartment.
If you arrive early/leave Venice later in the day, and need somewhere to store your luggage be forewarned that the luggage storage location he offers is a solid 15 minute walk with your bags. It is also right by a canal, so depending on the time of the day, the alley to get there might be flooded (it was when we arrived). The walk is a little faster without your bags, but you have to take both situations into account. Furthermore, it is supposed to be a secure room requiring a code to get in. But the only time we had to enter the code was the first time we dropped off the bags. When we came back to get them, the door was wide open and there was no person watching the bags. They were somebody inside but he was in the back not paying any attention. When we dropped off our bags the next day once again the door was wide open. The guy that was there said he was cleaning and wanted to keep the door open. We went back later in the day to retrieve the bags, again the door was open. Yes, there is a security camera, but it doesn’t really do you much good if someone steals your bags in a foreign country.
Communication with Sebastiano was not very good. He asked to communicate through WhatsApp, but he never replied to any messages I sent him. He replied through Airbnb, but still there were several questions I attempted to ask that were never responded to.
Finally, there was some kind of crazy hammering sound happening every few minutes starting around 9pm and lasted till about 3am. It was so loud and no one got much sleep that night. This of course was out of Sebastiano’s control, but just a heads up that it occurred.
Overall the location was great, beautiful and comfortable apartment, but luggage storage and communication were issues.
We loved Venice though! So glad we went!