Staying at Alessandro's apartment was fantastic… He was great communicating even though we had all sorts of hiccups with our plane and arrived in the middle of the night, but he mobilized his friends and family to welcome us at 1 o'clock in the morning. the apartment is fantastic and the location is great - you can walk right out the door and get on the vaporetto and explore the entire city from there. we loved staying there and surely recommend it to anyone!