Really nice apartment - near Piazzale Roma (7 minute walk) in Dosoduro residential area. Piazalle Roma has a water bus stop which goes almost everywhere (I highly recommend getting the all day water bus ticket). Pze Roma contains the main bus terminal which includes buses to and from Venice airport. Elena provides porter service to and from Piazalle Roma or from Santa Lucia train station (12-15 minute walk) - which is extremely helpful in navigating the 4 or 5 bridges on the way to the apartment. The apartment is on the 3rd floor - so also good to remember to leave just enough energy to climb the stairs after a full day of sightseeing. The walking distance to St Mark's square is about 25-30 minutes at a moderate pace of walking.
The apartment itself is fully functional - with a supermarket right around the corner and some nearby restaurants. The A/C works well and I recommend leaving windows closed to keep mosquitoes out during the summer!
At minimum, buy all your aqua naturale at this supermarket!!
Elena is very sweet and helpful - and extremely concerned with her guests having a great time in Venice. Oh what an amazing city built on 10 million wooden posts.
Not sure I would describe this apartment as romantic - although that depends more on the guests themselves (haha). The bottle of proseco and the fruit and cookies were a very nice welcoming touch. I would definitely stay there again.