We had a wonderful stay in Edouard's palazzo and it was every bit as spectacular as it looked in the photos. The palazzo itself is off a court yard about a 3 minute walk from the Rialto bridge (vaparetto stop and also boat transfer to the airport) roughly behind the Coin department store. It's up two fairly long flights of stairs on the second floor, but having read previous reviews there weren’t as many stairs as we had anticipated.

As described and shown in the pictures, there are three huge double rooms each with their own bathrooms and then also a twin room (beds at either end of the room and can be separated by a curtain in the middle) and a single room, these last two shared a bathroom. The flat was beautifully decorated and the beds were comfortable.

We were a group of 9 friends and the kitchen had everything that we needed to cater for large numbers - big saucepans, plenty of cutlery, glasses etc. And there is plenty of space in the dining room which could have seated 16 easily.

A couple of weeks before we arrived Antonio emailed to check what time we would arrive in Venice and included useful information on getting from the airport/mainland. We agreed to meet him near the Rialto bridge and from there the palazzo was 3/4mins walk away. Antonio was fantastic and showed us around the apartment as well as letting us know the ins and outs of rubbish collection etc (there are also written instructions on this and other information that people may require in the palazzo). There were 5 sets of keys which was very useful being a group of friends.

From where the palazzo was, we were able to walk to most places easily, being roughly a 10min walk from St Mark's Square, 5mins from the Rialto market, 5mins from a fairly large supermarket and 1min from a bakery.

Thank you for letting us stay, we couldnt imagine a more wonderful setting for our trip to Venice and truely felt that we were being welcomed in to Edouard's home. We very much hope to have the opportunity to return!