From the moment the wonderful Daniela greeted us from the water taxi stop (just a few days before her baby was due!) to the minute we left the apartment, we had a glorious time. The flat is both chic and practical and located in the best part of town. Gloriously quiet with pleasant local bars and restaurants. Just lovely sitting by the canal by the front door and watching the barges and water taxis sliding along.

We loved staying in the Cannaregio neighbourhood - quiet and peaceful, with great restaurants and wine bars in the evenings. The apartment is modern and clean, with a well-equipped kitchen and a very comfortable bed. It was a lovely place to come back to after a long day around Venice. Daniela was an extremely helpful host - she responded straight away by text to anything we asked her throughout the four days we stayed, and she kindly let us keep our bags in the apartment until our flight home in the late evening. We will definitely stay here the next time we visit Venice!

My wife and 12 year old son were embarking on our 12 night Med cruise from Venice so we stayed at Perla Grigia for two nights on Oct 12-14. Daniela is ever so responsive and thorough in answering our concerns and questions. Payment terms was straightforward and very customer friendly. Since we were flying in she had a friend meet us at the Alilaguna (which is a like water bus we took from the airport) station and brought us to the unit and showed us around. the unit was very clean and modern yet cozy. Full kitchen which we didn't make use during the stay but the counter was great for spreading out our stuff and do some work. Internet was fast and bathroom clean (this is huge deal for my wife). My son slept on the pull out couch in the living room. From the decor and the furniture you can tell the owner is detail oriented and has good taste. Bed was very comfortable and all the linen is like 4 start hotel quality. Neighborhood is very quiet, a bit out of the ways but Venice is just the place to walk and explore and walk all over the isle we did. the corner restaurant is a good recommendation and a few min away you can have coffee and croissant for about 1.5 Euro. Supermarket is about 10 min.

A fantastic location away from the chaos of the main tourist area...a real Venetian neighborhood with kids running through the alley, cute markets and restaurants along the canal. About a 20-30 walk to all the action. The apartment is a nice mix of old and new...old, textured beams and new, fresh furnishings. Small complaint: main electrical outlet for use in the kitchen was a bit temperamental. Highly recommend this apartment for a couple or yourself. The owner was great and sent her assistant to meet us at the water taxi drop and she walked us to the apartment. She answered our questions and gave us some nice suggestions for dinner nearby.

Home away from home - in this case these words simply say all you need to know...
The host Daniela collected us late (nearly midnight) at the Alilaguna stop Madonna dell'Orto. She is sweet and absolutely helpful. We arrived at the tasteful decorated apartment which has everything you need, like aircon in summer (yes it is very hot in August!). Normally a ground floor in Venice is more on the dark side but here you have daylight and shelter against the sunlight. Kitchen, bathroom and cupboards are well equipped you could easily cook a real dinner but with all the nice restaurants around you really don't use it properly.
The neighbourhood is quiet and people are friendly. A mere 5 minutes walk away from the supermarket at Strada Nova and two vaporetto stops (St. Alvise and Madonna dell'Orto) are just around the corner.
I hope to be back soon.