A beautiful apartment in a quiet and central spot of Venice! (central for us, 15mins away from the busy/touristy San Marco area)

Our experience was great even before we landed in Venice. We didn't personally meet Gloria (owner) but we met her friendly and very helpful friend Christina. She was so accommodating, prior to arrival she gave us excellent instructions on how to get to the apartment, as well as information on public transport and tourist options. Being our first time in Venice getting to the apartment seemed daunting (to us) so she happily met us at the train station and personally walked us to the apartment! Excellent.

The apartment is beautiful with all the amenities, the fridge even had a complimentary bottle of champagne and juice, as well as some Italian biscuits. Lots of coffee, tea and condiments in the cupboards.

When we arrived we had a tourist map waiting for us with many great restaurants circled, as well as other "not to miss" locations. Very helpful!

The view into the canal was great to wake up to, over coffee/breakfast and a relaxing drink in the afternoon. The location is a 1 minute walk to a Vapretto Stop (S. Stae) which was perfect. It is also close to a square with a grocery store as well as many small cafes and bakeries (not unusual for Venice!).

The bathroom is new, large and has a separate spa (didn't get to use it). The bedrooms were large and comfortable. The heating also worked great.

We had a late departure, again Christina looked into a late checkout for us, and since the apartment was not being used the next day, we were able to stay till late in the afternoon - again very accommodating.

I honestly cannot think of a single bad thing with our stay at Gloria's apartment and would most definitely recommend anyone to stay there - as will we be in future.