Thankfully Riccardo met us at the ferry to lead us to the apartment, Venice is a maze of twisting streets and I'm sure we would have struggled to find the right door. This apartment is basically one room and a bathroom, it's small, but you will only be sleeping here, and to find something larger you will need to open your wallet wider. At night it's very quiet, volume 0. In the day it's also quiet, volume 3, yet leave the house and walk a few yards to the main street and the volume is at 10. Riccardo left plenty of goodies, fruit, milk, juice, bread etc, so no rush to go shopping. Nowhere is far in Venice, we walked everywhere and only took the vaporetto once for the experience - once was enough. Venice is beautiful, and also incredibly busy in the main tourist areas, so take to the side streets - much quieter and very interesting. Use the bars and restaurants off the main streets, you will be made welcome and they are often cheaper. My tip - learn a few Italian words, it's not difficult and it will be appreciated, even if they do reply in English (or your own language).