Franchesco's place is very clean and very central to all of the major sites in the city. It is less than a 5-minute walk to the Rialto Vaporetto stop and maybe 7-minute walk to San Marco once you figure out the way. Franchesco was there to greet us, to show us around his place, hand over the keys and he even helped us carry the luggage upstairs. There is, however, 3 flights of stairs to climb which Franchesco warned us about in advance.