The apartment is nice and modern and location close to lots of restaurants and shops. However, I found the host to be not hospitable and disrespectful and made us feel like a burden, not like paying guests.
The directions emailed to me were for a different property he owns. After dragging our bags to the wrong property, maurizio had us wait at the wrong property for over 25 minutes. He met us there in order to take us to the correct property, which meant walking back to the water bus/vaporetto station, taking the bus a couple stops then walking 15 minutes to the correct property. This is not an easy feat with luggage and my elderly mother (Maurizio knew I was traveling with my 75 year old mother) up and down the many steps of Venice. He “kindly” offered to carry the smallest of our three bags. He was unapologetic about the mishap and blamed it on his assistant.
We rented a two BR apt but the second bedroom door was locked. After the mishap with the wrong address, I didn’t think to check and make sure both bedrooms were unlocked while he hurriedly showed us the apartment. I assumed the sofa bed was the “second bedroom” but didn’t see any linens. Also, there was a fair amount of debris in the sofa bed when I pulled it out and I sent a photo to maurizio when I inquired about the linens. His response “you could have asked before, I will have to come open the second bedroom. I don’t think that in my apartment there is garbage.”
Be aware: Venice floods during November and December and 2019 was a bad flood season. I recommend staying in Bologna or on the main land and taking a day trip to Venice. And bring very high waterproof boots. The water rose in some streets higher than my knee high boots and the smell can be overwhelming. This is my second trip to Venice and I would not stay overnight on the island again. If you insist on seeing Venice and can afford a private guide and/or water taxis, it will be money well spent. The city is difficult to navigate and google maps is not helpful given the poor internet service on most of the islands. The vaporetto is easy to use but can only get you to the perimeter of the island.