The apartment is in a GREAT location. It's right by the Arsenale and Biennale if you are coming to Venice to check out the contemporary art and it's located in a quieter area with way less tourists and a more authentic feel. At the same time, you're no more than a 15 minute walk from San Marco, where most of the action is. The apartment itself is very clean, spacious, and has lovely views. The bedrooms are on opposite ends of the apartment, which give you some extra privacy and the kitchen is well equipped with clean and modern appliances should you feel like making yourself a meal.
Unfortunately, I had a less than pleasant experience with the host when arriving to the apartment. I was taking a train from Florence and as is common in Italy, our train was delayed over 20 minutes so we arrived a little late to Venice. Between the wait for the water bus and ride over there, we arrived to the area 40 minutes or so after the check in time located on the listing. I had been in communication with Lucia all throughout this process, making sure she knew when we arrived from the train and were on the water bus. We got a little lost on our way from the water bus to the flat, as there are two streets with the same name as the one this apartment is located on and because our phone map was acting up. Throughout our entire water bus ride and walk over to the apartment, Lucia started to repeatedly message me asking where I was and scolding and shaming me for getting lost. She threatened to leave if we weren't there in 10 minutes and even called Airbnb to contact me to see where I was. Even though she was the one to contact Airbnb, the customer service rep felt so bad for me, as she understood that trains run late and it's very easy to get lost in Venice, that she gave me a 10 euro credit so that she could treat me to a coffee. It's not like we stopped for a long meal and disregarded Lucia and her time. We hurried over as soon as we could, stayed in direct communication, and were there only a little past the check in time. I've never felt so stressed and rushed arriving to a place where I spent good money to stay at and where, because of circumstances out of my control, I was running a little behind schedule. Her consistent rude messages made me want to cry! It left a very bad taste in my mouth.