Our stay at Paolo's apartment was lovely. It's located in a prime spot, yet it is set just far enough away from the noise. It's a walk up a couple flights of stairs, so challenging with heavy luggage, but that's pretty much all of Italy! We were greeted by his friend who reviewed the procedures with us and gave us some maps with preselected restaurant recommendations and "things to do" in Venice. It was a nice touch. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here and would do so again.