Paolo and Riccardo are charming, efficient and meticulous hosts who provided everything we needed in the apartment to make our stay comfortable and wonderful. We especially appreciated the thoughtful touches such as providing suitable plug adaptors for our stay. Communications with the hosts were consistently prompt and gracious. Being met by our host on arrival at Fondamente Nove really helped us feel confident and welcome in Venice. The location is excellent. It is in a quiet area, very close to Fondamente Nove (super convenient for airport access) and for catching water taxis (Vaporetti) to Burano, Murano or Lido, etc. There are supermarkets close by, many nice little Osteria for wonderful food and it is also very easy to walk everywhere from the apartment (using the very helpful street signs for navigation to main sights such as Rialto or San Marco). The apartment was a perfect size for our family of 3 (we could easily have fit in 1 or 2 more). The kitchen was great & easy to use. Heating worked brilliantly so the apartment was super warm and cosy for our December stay. The apartment has a really elegant, charming feel and we enjoyed watching the comings and goings (lots of water ambulances) on the canal below from the balcony. The apartment is opposite hospital but we were amazed that there was no noise or disturbance from the hospital at all. The apartment was totally quiet and peaceful at night and I enjoyed waking up to the sound of seagulls. At check out we really appreciated being able to leave our luggage in the hallway for a couple of hours. Overall I rate Paolo and Ricardo’s apartment and the whole experience of staying with them as hosts very, very highly. This is a special place in a wonderful city.