It is hard to believe that so tranquil a place could be so close to everything of interest in Venice. The apartment is exactly as described. Giovanni met us at our water taxi dropoff and was of great help in getting oriented. While we were fortunate not to need his help during our stay, we knew we could have called upon him for any matter large or small. The location is a few short minutes' walk to commercial services and the vaporetto stop, and maybe ten minutes' walk until you start to reach the major sites. We could not recommended Giovanni and this apartment more highly.