For those wanting to visit Venice you should know that it is very crowded in the middle of the day. I suggest you visit the sites early for exterior photo opps(anytime before 9:30 AM) or late (anytime after 9:30). Most of the museums and sites don't open until about 8:30am, but getting your outside photos are guaranteed to have giant... More

Out of the 8 places we stayed at during our trip, Casa Mari was the best. When I booked the room through their website, I thought there was no way the b&b would look as nice in person as in the photo, but it did. The room and our private bathroom (which was upstairs) were both large, clean, spacious, and... More

We, too are "Friends of Alex!" Alex and Maribel were wonderful hosts for our much too short visit to Venice and the Lido. They went above and beyond to make us feel welcome, even providing us with an alarm clock after ours broke! The breakfast was DIVINE and Alex gave us excellent advice on where to go and what to... More

We stayed for 4 nights arriving on Sunday June 18th. Maribel waited for us as we arrived late (11pm) which was very nice. This 25y old modern house with a garden was realy a home to us. Maribel, born in Lima (Peru) and Alex, a real italian made us feel very welcome. They informed us about 1 hour! of where... More