The apartment is located in a great location: away from the crowds but still within walking distance to all the major sights. There’s also a number of excellent restaurants and a grocery store close by.
Unfortunately, however, the space itself did disappoint us: it is located on the ground floor of an older building. Upon entering, you’re greeted with a musty smell that immediately makes you want to open all the windows. That, however, you cannot do because there are hundreds of mosquitoes eager to get inside – and no mosquito screen to keep them out. We caught about fifty mosquitoes in the bedroom alone. The AC is nice but noisy, the bathroom is claustrophobically small, and the single smoke alarm isn’t installed properly. Being Airbnb hosts ourselves, we also felt that the check-in procedure and communication leading up to it was unnecessarily complicated, which made the listing harder to find than it had to be (a simple address or GPS coordinates in Google maps would have been more helpful, even in the alleys of Venice). We really wanted to like this place but, sadly, the sleepless nights, the dust & cobwebs, and lack of personal touches made this a less-than-great experience. In sum, we would not want to stay here again.