This apartment is up one flight of stairs and it is very close to the Grand Canal and the Rialto Mercato stop. It's a lively neighborhood, but the noise doesn't travel into the apartment unless the windows and shutters are open. The apartment doesn't have WIFI, but we found a few places close by where we could sit down and have either a coffee or a drink and use the free WIFI offered by the restaurant. The apartment has a washing machine but no dryer, but you can do as the Venetians do, and hang your washing outside the window. The only downside to the apartment is the lack of water pressure to the shower and the fact that it takes a long time for the water to heat up. That said, I would recommend this apartment if staying in Venice..