We were able to walk from the train station to the apartment and get an intro to the city from Lara when we arrived. She made it very easy for us. She'd seen to every detail -- there was even coffee for us in the morning and we were located across the street from a huge grocery store. (Tip: go upstairs in the market and get food from their deli -- it's sort of like an Italian Whole Foods).

The apartment is terrific. It's spacious, clean, very comfortable and nicely decorated. We were a family of four and had plenty of room. The washer came in handy as did the dishwasher.

The location really worked well for us. We were 10 min from Venice on the bus. It was easy to get bus passes to pop into the city any time we wanted and the bus stop was very close. (Much easier and less expensive than lugging luggage onto a Vaporeto and staying in Venice-proper.)

We would happily stay there again.