Ilaria’s place is very special and very comfortable. We visited in the middle of March. Even though it was raining in Venice during our stay we had nice walks around and couldn’t stop watching gondolas literally coming towards the kitchen window. The location of the apartment is perfect, not in the middle of the most touristy areas, a couple of steps from . We paid a short visit to the Ospedale that was beautiful, silent and a trip in history. It was good that the boat that goes to Torcello was just a 5 minute walk. It was one of our plans to visit the mosaics in the ancient Torcello Basilica that was a wonderful experience. We went to a really good restaurant for dinner one night, L’Osteria di Santa Marina, a couple of minutes walk. The scallops with smoked foie gras was excellent. It was one of our best trips to Italy that Ilaria’s home made even better.