Photos are accurate. Rustic but has all of my most important requirements...a clean quiet place to sleep, great location, air conditioning, and wifi. Communication was kind, patient, and very fast. Musty smell on main floor is typical of venice apartments, I hear. This is why bedrooms are not located on main floor. Much better smell on top floor where bedroom is located. If you can handle carrying your flights up many (over 50?) steep stairs and are ok with a quirky layout, then this is the place for you. You pass by some other rented spaces on the way up, but you have a key to your own space, which was a priority for me. This meant you need two keys to get into the apartment... one for the street door and one for the apartment. Al let us keep our items in his place last checkout. He is definitely a wonderful host!