Maria Cristina's place was just perfect and really made our stay in Venice very enjoyable. If I ever return to Venice, I would love to stay here again. It is located on a very quiet street, without any noisy bars, noisy restaurants, or noisy foot or boat traffic, but very centrally located. Also, the street is reasonably wide (not one of those claustrophobic ultra-narrow alleyways.) The Rialto market and bridge is literally one minute walking and there is a street with restaurants and bars just one block away. The place itself is large and comfortable. It has a bedroom, a bathroom (with washing machine), and sitting room which also has a reasonably fully equipped kitchen and a dining table. There are two flights or stairs to the apartment (no elevator). The super friendly co-host Valentina met us in person and had lots of good tips for places to visit. Don't count on your phone map app to get you to the place since the streets in Venice are so narrow that you will loose GPS signal. Just follow the big streets and yellow signs to the Rialto bridge and then the actual address is just a couple of blocks from there (the host will explain). Personal tip #1: get up early (at sunrise) and enjoy the magic of Venice without the crowds. Personal tip #2: Get a 20 euro day-pass for the bus-boats and go up and down the grand canal on boat #1, and go to Murano and Burano islands.