The apartment was as nice as it looks in the photos. We loved the neighborhood, it is special to us because we stayed in that area before. It is not overwhelmed with tourists as it is when you get closer to San Marco. We love to walk and walked everywhere from there, but it is convenient to boat transport as well. The nearby patisserie has the best walnut croissants ever and we found very good restaurants in the neighborhood for other meals. Re: directions, we suggest a nearby meeting point that is well known and will be on a Venice map, such as Frari or Scuola San Rocca rather than the patisserie. Instructions on how to open the very cool but unusual European washing machine and also how to use the heat would be great and then we would not have to call to ask. We would love to stay there again.