Ca' Redentore 4
September 2011
What a wonderful apartment - the website pictures don't do it justice. There are fabulous views on three sides (the Giudecca canal to the front, San Lazzaro degli Armeni to the rear and a view of the front of Redentore out of the side window! The balcony is more spacious than it looks on the website.
There is also a small rear balcony and of course the exclusive use of the altana. Balcony chairs are comfortable and mattresses available for the beds on the altana. We spent hours watching the views and the busy waterway traffic on the Giudecca canal.
The apartment is very comfortable for 2. The sitting room is spacious and the bed room is a good size The kitchen and bathroom are on the small side.
When evaluating the fairly pricey rent it probably helps to attribute a sizeable chunk to the priceless views. Comfortable couch. Loads of TV channels (mostly in Italian, a few in English). Owners' pictures, ornaments and lots of books give a homely feel. Bed and pillows a little hard (must start bringing my own pillow!). Website suggests exclusive use of iron and washing machine but these are actually communal and located in laundry room on ground floor.
VOV were very efficient in all aspects of process. The rep (Rachele) arrived promptly at the appointed time for check in and check out. When we called on the Monday to report a number of lights not working she had them fixed before we returned in the afternoon. It's a good idea to check that everything is working properly at check in on a Saturday since the office doesn't open until Monday morning.
Kitchen is well equipped with cooker, micro wave and a large fridge/freezer.
There is an electrical load issue - when we used the microwave and oven at the same time it tripped the circuit breaker located on the ground floor. We also had a minor problem with ants (on the third floor!) but we did a blitz on them and were then more fastidious about leaving any kind of food or morsels around. Probably our fault being from a cold climate (UK). The water also blows hot and cold when taking a shower. We pointed out various items that required maintenance to Rachele and were pleased to see that the comments were welcomed and would be passed onto the owners.
Detailed operating instructions for cooker, micro wave etc would have been good. Also more details on local shops - locations & times etc.
Would we go back? Unreserved yes!
Niall
June 2011
Better than the best Venice 5 Star Hotels!
Bernd
November 2010
A modern and well-appointed apartment with a spectacular view of the Venice skyline.
Stanley
July 2009
Fantastic apartment, in a perfect location away from the very busy centre but with St Marks in sight. Great sun bathing platform
June 2009
Ca Redentore 4 exceeded our expectations - we didn't eat out at all during the week as nothing could surpass a pre dinner drink on the altana or eating local produce on the terrace with magnificent views of the city and the sunset. Everything was perfect.
June 2009
The appartment was really fan-tas-tic! We would like to pre-reserve it for biennal 2011!
October 2006
Dear Annalisa and Michela
Back Home Now
I'm just writing you this email to say what a wonderful time we had staying
on Guidecca in that lovely apartment and thank you so much for being
flexible and allowing us to change our dates and stay till Sunday evening.
It was lovely staying in a flat that was also partly someone's home with
family photos and cd's etc.
I did quite a lot of drawing from the roof and hope to do some paintings now
from drawings and photographs. I have done some paintings before from
drawings I did last summer. I love the Molino Stucky and all the cranes as
well as San Georgio Magiore from Redentore etc. I love Venice when it is
getting dark, and we love the Zaterre and watching the sun set over
Guidecca. We also enjoyed watching all the traffic up and down the Guidecca
Canal and all the variety of boats. We do not like the huge cruise ships
though and I am sure you do not either.
I expect we will come and stay in Venice again because it is so exciting,
beautiful and different.
Thank you again.
Best wishes
Poppy U.K
