I would recommend for any one visiting Venice to stay at Sofia's apartment. Communication was easy with the host through out booking and our stay. I loved the way it was decorated and the view of the canals is amazing. She had stocked the apartment with fruit, milk, tea and coffee etc for our arrival which was a nice touch. The bathroom also had some toiletries and enough towels. We found the apartment to be close by to stops for a day trip to Murano/Burano and walking distance to everywhere we wanted to visit in Venice but still fairly quiet, aside from the bar downstairs which got busier on Friday night than during the week nights. I am a light sleeper and it didn't worry me. Warning If you have heavy suitcases the bridges and appartments hall stairs are a bit of a killer but we loved our stay so much we didn't let this minor detail worry us. If I were to come back to Venice I would stay again.