Dear Future Traveler,
Most importantly, if you choose to stay at Roberto's lovely apartment, you will be very glad that you did. The occasion for our trip was my wife's and my honeymoon (luna di miele), and we had never been to Venezia nor Italy until our arrival last week. The apartment is a 6-8 minute walk from the train station, so the convenience of getting there easily with your luggage is fantastic. My wife and I felt like we were in a movie while we waited by the Guglie bridge and sparkling water from the Cannaregio canal as we looked up at our building and saw Roberto open up the wooden shutters of the windows and wave down to us. Roberto is a charming man who showed us such a warm greeting and made us feel taken care of and welcome in the apartment. The very cute, sparkling clean home felt very romantic and had an old world charm to it. A good deal of this comes from the history of the place which Roberto will explain to you once you arrive. (I would tell you, but it's better if Roberto tells you!) This was our first stay using AirBnB and Roberto set the bar extremely high giving us a platinum experience. It's easy to see why his reviews are so positive and why there are so many of them! As a tip, even though you are closer to the "front" of the main part of the island, if you find yourself out later in the evening by Piazza San Marco you can take the vaporetto back for a short walk to the apartment, making it easy to return home to the apartment. As a wrap-up, you will not regret your stay in Venezia if you get to stay at Roberto's apartment, and hopefully you will fall in love with the city of Venice as much as my wife and I did.
-Justin and Amanda