The host was wonderful in communicating with us from the time we made our reservation throughout our time in Venice. He talked to us about how to get to Venice, how to get around Venice, information about the apartment, restaurant recommendations and more. He had someone meet us at the station (even though we were late ... again!) and take us to the apartment. There was no wifi in the apartment, but he gave us information for how to connect in the public squares in Venice. Overall, he did everything he could to make our stay in Venice enjoyable!

This apartment is on two levels and by the time we got to Venice, the third city for us, we were ready to have a little privacy from the kids. The upstairs loft room has a very nice double bed. With the knotty pine it looks kind of like a fishing cottage. It's really nice and very comfortable. Downstairs, there are three futon like beds, two singles and one double. The kids enjoyed having their own beds.

Venice is lousy with restaurants so you're never far away from one. There's a grocery store not far away and our host sent us great directions to it. The apartment was an easy walk to restaurants and pretty much anything we wanted to do.

The only thing my kids whined about was how many stairs it took to get to the apartment. I seemed to book nothing but top floor apartments on this trip! It really wasn't bad, even with groceries. The view was worth it.

I'm so glad we chose to stay in this apartment for the Venice part of our trip. Our host really helped us experience Venice!