We found a living scorpio in the hallway, size of half a finger. As someone who’ve never dealt with scorpios before, we weren’t sure how to deal with this and if it might be poisonous.
Asking politely to our host Mario for help and advice, his reply was “Venice lives on water and there are animals. It is not poisonous. It is not tropical.” Unsure what this message means for helping, we follow up seeking helping hands but we were ghosted as a result.
Feeling dismissed by the host, we decided not to touch the scorpio. We kinda feel like we have made friends with this creature as it has been here for the rest of our stay (sleeping knowing there is a big scorpio!) we eventually let it wander off in the flat.
We understand that “animals” might venture in, but the fact that the host’s defensiveness and ignorant attitude was really not helpful for guests.
On the other hand:
I travel to Venice regularly for business, and have expected BnB’s are damp and wet, but not to this extend which the mattress, pillow, duvet was smelling of body sweat from someone before us.
To be fair the mattress was firm but it felt like we were swimming in someone’s body fluid. We had to pile up some of our clean clothes to feel detached from the beddings.
There was only 2 used thin rolls of toilet paper, 1 shower gel bottle that is almost empty. If you choose to stay here, prepare to buy some toiletry.
It’s also heavily moulded in the bathroom. However the shower is hot and consistent.
My experience of this space is the lack of care. Lack of care of the physical space, lack of care of taking care of the guests.
I am not sorry to say that I definitely would not come back. Hope everyone has a pleasant time in Venice!