When we arrived in Venice, although we were later arriving than we planned, Paola and her mother were at the vaporetto stop to greet us! That was so nice. They walked us the block or so to their beautiful apartment and showed us around. We were so impressed with the place. The kitchen was all that we needed for preparing meals and there was a big dining room with large table for eating and planning our days. There is a washing machine which was very handy. The bedroom is huge with a queen sized bed- very comfortable. You are right near the Rialto Bridge but in a very "real" neighborhood with all the comings and goings of the local neighbors. We loved just looking out of the window down onto the street in the early morning at the shopkeepers opening shop for the day, neighbors saying "Hello" to one another, whistling along, singing on the street. We felt as though we were one of them. We loved our stay at Paola's and would hope it was available the next time we go to Venice!