Description: For a stay of 10 days which is considered extended for Venice, we decided that apartments are the way to go. Several months before, we surfed the internet for rentals. Most sites offered pictures and detailed description of their rentals. We were required to make a 50% down payment at time of reservation, pay the other 50% at time of arrival along with a security deposit and cleaning charges. Unlike in France or Belgium, we did not have to pay for utilities separately.
We ended up with a huge apartment of 5 bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths that occupies the 3rd and 4th floors of a palazzo that costs less than 4 hotel rooms at a decent hotel. The apartment faces Campo Santa Marina and backs against a canal and a bridge. Despite double-glass windows, we can hear every noise of passerbys and gondolas throughout the night. Beware that most houses do not have elevators. Neither our apartment nor our friends'' had microwaves, a comfort we become so dependent to in the US. The apartment gave us more space and the freedom to cook our own meals with all the wonderful fresh vegetables and seafood we found at the Rialto market.
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