What a magical space. This apartment felt like living in a bit of history with it's beautiful garden and courtyard entrance, lovely plaster work and wall paintings, and especially a large beautiful window directly overlooking the Grand Canal. We pulled chairs right up to the window, opened it wide and spent much of our time there - eating, drinking, and watching the variety of boats and people go by. If you are looking for crisp and modern - this isn't it. But for us, the old-world feel was exactly what we were looking for. Possibly the only drawback is the bathroom which is accessed by 4-5 stairs (not a problem for us, but may be for some) and its tub which is challenging for anyone over 5'0" and has only a hand-held shower sprayer. Again, the minor inconvenience was worth what the rest of the apartment has to offer. Laura met us and took us to the apartment. She showed us around, gave us some history of the building, and offered a map of Venice with helpful tourism information and restaurant suggestions. She was very warm and friendly. Would highly recommend this apartment. We truly hated to leave!