Luisa and her daughter Nicoletta are fantastic hosts. Nicoletta met us at the train station and walked us to the apartment. She was very helpful, pointing out the Vaporetto stop and supermarket on the short 5 minute walk to the apartment. The apartment was wonderful, on a quiet street but close to the Vaporetto stop and the bus/taxi station as we had to catch an early flight home. Venice is so walkable (though somewhat a maze at night :-), it was easy to make our way from St Mark's back to the apartment on foot and discover many shops and restaurants.