Romy’s cosy flat is the perfect location for your stay in Venice: we could not have found a better value for money considering we were 5 minutes walk from famous San Marco Square on one side and Rialto Bridge on the other!!
Laura (Romy’s wife) waited for us at Rialto water bus stop at our arrival: she was very kind and showed us everything around at check in.
They had prepared some coffee, milk and croissants for our breakfast, such a lovely surprise!
The flat has a small kitchen, fully functioning, perfect to prepare quick meals if you prefer to save money on restaurants and you don’t want to eat out every day...
The bed was comfy and the view on the little street underneath was pretty. At times the WiFi and the hot water stopped working but it was no concern for us, as we were rarely home and it was quickly coming back into function by itself.
The bathroom was furnished with towels, hand soap, shower gel, air dryer and toilet paper. We were also allowed to leave our baggage in a safe corridor after our check out, to enjoy the morning before heading home in the afternoon.
If you are arriving in Venice in the evening by Vaporetto (water bus), instead of buying just a ticket for that one trip for €7.50, it’s worth considering to spend €20 per person for a 24 hours ticket hop on hop off on any water bus route: you would be able to use it the following morning (until the time you arrived the day before) to travel on Canal Grande and have a amazing view arriving to Santa Maria della Salute and San Marco Square; but also to take boats to one of the other islands around such as San Giorgio, Giudecca, Lido, San Michele’s cimitery or Murano. We strongly recommend going up on San Giorgio Bell Tower (cheaper then San Marco Campanile - only €6 - and with a great view on the end of Canal Grande). What’s more it is free to see inside San Marco’s Church (as well as San Giorgio Church) and only €5 to walk up on its terrace and visit San Marco’s Museum.
Thank you again Romy for having us, we had such a lovely romantic weekend discovering Venice!