Great location, value for money in expensive Venice and very responsive host. Anywhere in Venice are a little trickier than usual to get to, especially as you have to lug your stuff yourself. Bearing this in mind, Laura's place is relatively easy to get to (vaporetto 1, stop San Stae then over three bridges). It's location is great - a few minutes walk to the tragehetto at Rialto market to get across the grand canal to Cannaregio, a few more minutes to Rialto and 5-10 minutes to Piazza San Marco. It's a good sized apartment for Venice, not huge but the equivalent sized hotel room would have been completely unaffordable. Good bathroom with shower and good water pressure, and the best thing of all, a washing machine/dryer. Laura provided powder and fabric softener which was a really nice touch. There is an iron and ironing board too. Bedroom was large with a wardrobe and drawers and room for all our luggage. Kitchen has a small fridge (freezer wasn't working) and dishwasher and lots of cutlery and crockery. The lounge area was not large but certainly enough for two people. There were only two very minor issues that aren't anything Laura can control - first was that it was unusually hot when we were there at the end of June (30+ degrees) and the apartment has no airconditioning (par for the course with a lot of Venetian homes). Laura provided a good fan but it was quite stuffy and hot. This would be a huge advantage in winter though - I can imagine it would be quite cosy and retain the warmth well. The second minor issue is that it wasn't overly private. The bedroom window opened onto one of the pedestrian bridges - a security screen prevented anyone actually seeing in but often people would be just outside, and the kitchen window opened across to someone else's apartment across the canal. I'm sure that the majority of places in Venice have similar issues and the windows were very secure and effective at stopping noise when they were closed - I think we noticed this more as we wanted the windows open as much as possible to try and circulate some air. The kitchen and bathroom ones had shutters too. Laura was probably the best AirBNB host we've had. She answered my many questions about the accommodation promptly before we got there, gave detailed instructions on how to get there and was very patient and helpful. When we arrived she took us through everything to show us how it all worked and has put together a folder with lots of handy info, not something you get all that often. I had a few issues arranging transfers back to the airport and she was very responsive and ready to help with that. She also supplied plenty of washing up liquid, dishwasher tables, sponges, soap for the bathroom and loo paper which is not always something that hosts do. It was lovely to...