Top floor, with the most fabulous large sunny private (ie all to yourself) outdoor terrace, which is a rare commodity in Venice. We stayed for ten days so needed to relax outdoors somewhere. If you stay for only 2 or 3 days, you might be out site seeing all day, so that might not be a requirement for you.
The apartment is in a nice quiet location, ie away from the bustle when you need to be able to sleep, but still a great location. Its light and spacious with high ceilings, art work, and lots of books. It felt like a home rather than a stark soulless holiday apartment We prefer this, but if you’re looking for a swish place this isn’t it.
There’s a large comfy double bed in the bigger room, and two singles in the small room, which is quite small, but the beds are comfy and it served us well.
Very well equipped kitchen/dining/living area if you want to cook for yourselves.
Wouldn’t recommend if you have problems climbing stairs, there’s no lift, and we all had a good workout every time we climbed the stairs!
Not sure how the internet worked, ie there’s a small box which I think you’d have to buy a sim for which we didn’t use. If you need internet I’d check with the owner what you have to do, and how well it works.
It’s in a great location, ie 10 mins walk at the most from Ospendale boat stop on the North side of Venice. (Check the Alilaguna and Vaporetto boat stop map online before you go to see location of the stops around Venice)
You can get the Alilaguna airport boat directly to the Ospendale (hospital) stop. It takes about 40 mins, runs every 30 mins, and then walk the ten mins to the apartment. The Ospendale boat stop also serves the Vaporetto boats, which are like a regular bus
service that go all round Venice, and out to the islands eg Lido, Mirano and Burano. The apartment is on the right side of Venice Island to easily get out to the other Islands.
It’s about a 15-20 min easy walk to San Marco Square through interesting lane ways and over bridges that cross the canals.
There’s a bakery directly opposite, and the supermarket is right near the Ospendale boat stop ie a 5-10 min walk away which was super handy.
The owner, Francesca, was friendly, helpful and efficient, and gave us some tips on Eg restaurants. She arranged for her housekeeper (who was also lovely) to meet us at the apartment when we arrived even though it was late.
Overall we loved this place and would go back for sure!