Karin and Abele are wonderful hosts. They went out of their way to be helpful when we lost a couple of items during our travels in Italy. They were both very quick to respond to questions and helpful with recommendations and advice. The neighborhood is lovely and interesting - lots of great restaurants and walking distance to the warehouse design district (check out Armani Silos if you are into fashion). We arrived on a Saturday and the neighborhood was quite busy (and somewhat noisy) late into the night with people out enjoying the evening. Luckily the apartment has double paned windows to the street (tip: make sure to close the bedroom door to the hallway to keep out noise from the canal side). The rest of our stay it was wonderfully quiet at night.