Adriano was great at communicating before we arrived. He was away on holiday for our trip but his sister met us and gave us all the information we needed. The apartment is beautiful clean and just like the photos. There was food waiting for us for all our breakfasts. This was a great neighbourhood and definitely better than being in the very touristy districts yet only a 5-10 min walk to the waterbus stop on the grand canal. We loved the local fish and pizza restaurant and some Americans told us about an amazing trattoria - pontini on the other side of the canal which was great. Each morning I reserved a waterside table for the restaurant we had chosen for that night and that meant no need to queue - I'd really recommend doing that

Only one small down sude which was not Adrianos fault is that we were disturbed at night by people in another apartment. One night a man was shouting from midnight to 3am in Italian. The next night they were walking across the ceiling continually between 3-4am. I didn't feel unsafe but it certainly affected my ability to sleep. We may have been unlucky - that could have happened anywhere. Adriano's sister says it hadn't happened before so hopefully all will be ok - maybe take ear plugs just in case if you are a light sleeper like me. We would definitely recommend everything else about Adriano and this property and neighbourhood.

Final tip, when getting the waterbus back to the airport allow plenty of time as this is the last stop and our boat was full when it arrived - they sent another one about 15 mins later but then prioritised people who had tickets ... Luckily we did so make sure you buy a return at the airport. It was interesting watching the group dynamics of the different nationalities at the stop deciding if we were going to club together to get a water taxi with the euros we had left! We did all get on the bus in the end but this was Italy so there was no polite queue