Two parents and a 17-year-old spent five nights in this quiet, spacious apartment and loved every minute of our stay. The location was wonderful -- far enough from the center to be quiet and utterly residential, yet close enough to be a 15-minute walk to the train station. We felt like part of the neighborhood, taking out the trash and recycling early in the morning to the garbage boat on the nearby canal, sitting on the bench in the square right outside our door and walking throught the beautiful cobblestone alleyways at night. We loved having the two bedrooms, each with a queen-sized bed plus a living room, dining area and eat-in kitchen (don't miss the orange cat across the way who likes to doze on the windowsill). There was ample space inside the apartment, a nearby Conad grocery store (5-minute walk) which has everything you need, and tons of restaurants, gelaterias and night life no more than a 10-minute walk away. We recommend Gam Gam and Orient Experience for dinner (but make reservations). Chiara was a terrific host, very responsive and helpful. It's just a short walk to the Sant'Alvise vaporetto stop, and you can leave from her to connect for Murano, Burano and Torcello. We suggest taking the night vaporetto to St. Mark's at least once. It takes far longer than the walk, but the experience of coming around the bend on the water onto the Grand Canal and seeing Giudecca and the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute all lit up is not to be missed. We would stay again.

This apartment is beautiful, and well-stocked with everything you need. We were very late to arrive, and the hosts were so gracious, and helpful! They had even left some snacks and coffee for us to make a quick breakfast. We considered this an ideal location, so close to many restaurants and gelaterias right on the canal, a 15-minute walk from the train station, in a quiet neighborhood, about a 10 min walk to the busier areas by Rialto Bridge and 25 minutes to St. Mark's square.

Great apartment, nice peaceful location. Photos are accurate and check in was very nice, she even let me check in early which was a big help to me. For anyone taking a water taxi from the airport, they can take you exactly to the campo in front of the apartment. Very convenient. I do wish I had known that there were only two small a/c units in the entire apartment, one in each bedroom. So during the hot summer days there was no relief anywhere except there. There are window screens in some of the windows (a rarity in Venice for some reason I will never understand) so you can keep windows on 3 sides of the apartment open for ventilation. The apartment is on the European 2nd floor - US 3rd floor. There are exactly 41 steps up to the apartment. There is ample room to move around, and the apartment would have been suitable for up to 2 couples. I stayed alone and felt perfectly safe.

Two couples stayed in this roomy apartment with two bathrooms. We had a fifth person for one night, on the sleeper sofa in the den. It was a 17 minute walk from the train station for us, and a short vaporetto ride for our friends. A evaporator stop is very close to Alvisiano. Everything we needed was there. You could hear a pin drop at night in this residential neighborhood. The hosts make sure you have anything you might need. We would definitely stay there again if we return with traveling companions.