The apartment is spacious, comfortable and quiet, with view towards the lagoon. It is at the top of a building.
I found the instructions to get to the apartment initially a little confusing, but basically you have to collect a key from a code-operated key box in a small alley next to Ponte delle Guglie and then let yourself into the house which is a few minutes' walk from Ponte dei Tre Archi (precise instructions are given upon payment of the tourist tax).
The lock to the main building can also seem a little awkward - the technique is to push the key not quite all the way in and to jiggle it gently clockwise!
A few tips:
- there is a Conad supermarket a short walk away at Calle della Fornasa Vecia.
- if you are arriving by train at Santa Lucia station, you can easily buy vaporetto tickets (or indeed a two-day pass) at the machine immediately opposite the station on the Grand Canal. There's a booth right next to it where there's someone who can help. The nearest vaporetto stop to the apartment is at Ponte dei Tre Archi (so you can get a vaporetto there from the station or Piazzale Roma).
- if you wish to leave Venice later than check-out time (10 a.m.), there is a luggage storage facility on Platform 1 at Santa Lucia station. This costs €6 a bag.