Casa Vacanze Lido Di Venezia

Nice and big apartment. Very good for families with kids

The location is fine - but it helps to know you can take the bus from the ferry terminal to a stop in Via San Galo about 100yards beyond the flats. All you need to do is once the bus has started give it a minute and then press stop and it will stop and you only need to cross the road.

I did not like not being met as getting the keys from the safebox was tricky and the flat door key is very difficult to work - I had to ask a neighbour for help and once you learn the right thing to do I was OK but had I been met and shown I woulld have been spared considerable angst. I think she needs to check things - one of the gas cooker rings was not working. I also think when I book for two weeks I book two weeks linens NOT one week. That was resolved by using the linens left in the flat to dry from previous tenants but really not good enough. The owner was available on e mail and did help but I was still stressed by it all. A printed set of notes for tenants - nearest bus stop, nearest food shop, and so on common in other places I have rented would have been useful and she really should provide television with CNN or BBC World on it and not just endless Italian channels. My brother did get to watch some of the football but not good enough. I also did NOT like he fact that bedroom two opens of bedroom one. Had by companions been friends of the opposite sex and not relatives that would have presented quite an issue and it was not clear when I rented it that one had to walk through bedroom one to get to bedroom two. The bathroom washbasin plug needs to be fixed as you cannot fill it with water.But ha I been met in the first instance as you kept telling me, although the owner had told me otherwise, I would have been happier. It was also a palaver having to send photos of everyone's passports and pay the visitor tax before hand - I did it through pay pal - which one usually does on arrival at an hotel. Again all that was sprung on me.

The location is quiet and conveniently in walking distance to the vaporetto stop.(5 minutes walk) Supermarket to get your supplies is equally close. The apartment is large enough. It was clean.

An accommodation with problems!We had asked for a contact phone number, but did not got any! On arrival there was no answer, when we rang the door bell. A neighbour downstairs let us into the building, walked up with us and knocked at the door. A cleaning lady opened, and stated that we were too early. All we really wanted was to get rid of our luggage, and we were thankful for that. Even though the apartment was supposed to be "ready" at 2 pm, we were greeted by 2 laundry racks full of wet laundry in the kitchen and in the bathroom.(They took still 1 1/2 days to dry.)Gas stove and no matches, banged-up pots and pans. Lack of privacy due to the fact that you could only access one bedroom by going through the other one. Worst of all, NO internet connection. Sent an e-mail to owner asking for a necessary password, but no answer. Even though the location is good, we cannot recommend this place at all!