Cristina, Marco and Michelangelo could not have been better hosts. The welcome was warm (like the cake she baked for us), but the air con was cool - vital in the inferno of the Venetian summer.

The flat is ideal for a family visit. Space enough for 5 or 6, everything works and it is in a lovely part of the city away from the main tourist centre but well connected for vaporetti.

This is great - we'll be back!