Samantha was an excellent host and her apartment is just what we were looking for. Samantha helped us schedule a water taxi from the train station to Venice. Her nephew met us at the dock and helped us get our bags to the apartment. It was a short walk but my littlest daughter appreciated his help rolling her luggage over the bumpy walkways. Patrick showed us around the apartment (there were some complimentary breakfast snacks, coffee, water, juice and a bottle of Prosecco waiting for us!) and gave us a map with some of his favorite things to do and places to eat. The apartment is perfectly located a very short walk to San Marco’s Basilica. It’s located on a side street so the noise in the evening is minimized. We ran the AC for white noise to drown out any noise. My older daughter prefers to use her phone to play a white noise app. The apartment was very comfortable for our family of five. We would love to come back! Highly recommend!