Our stay at Martina’s apartment - and in Venice - was all too short; just a taster for our two young boys. The apartment is very well located - Cannaregio is ‘real’ Venice, far from the madding crowds of San Marco & Rialto, but very accessible. We walked from the station as we only had hand baggage in 10 minutes. Martina met us with a friendly smile after promptly replying to all my text messages. Because we were only there briefly and I know Venice reasonably well, we didn’t need to ask her advice on much, but she was helpful and cheery and excellent at replying to messages. Also it was important to me to stay in the apartment of someone who lives and works in the city, keeping it alive and vibrant. The apartment itself was exactly as described and as you see in the photos (though where Airbnb had it plotted on the map of the city was not quite accurate). It is clean and simply furnished, with everything you need for a short or longer stay. We ate at ‘Osteria ai 40 Ladroni’ one of the restaurants Martina recommended, about a two minutes (if that) around the corner and had fabulous Venetian seafood. I would not hesitate to recommend the apartment and Martina, and hope we will be able to return soon.