As others have noted, the apartment is in a great location near several excellent shops and cafes. The host thoughtfully includes a great written guide in the apartment, written by himself, on local amenities and a critical thing: how to get an authentic experience without spending a fortune! Other highlights: very clean; we came with our young baby and had no worries about setting her on the floor to crawl around. The floor surfaces are made of a classic type of Venitian stone flooring, and were beautiful to see. The terrace was great; we visited with a relative who grew up in Venice, and he was excited because he had never been able to be on one of the "altana" before. A word on the season: we stayed here during a record high-tide season, and the water height was reported to be 125cm above normal level when we arrived, and we arrived at the peak water height time (it ebbs and flows every 6 hours). Even at that height, Santa Stefano square nearby was completely dry, and only just in front of the apartment was maybe an inch or two of water. There were boot vendors nearby (cheap boots, 10-15 euro a piece for quite stylish water boots) so it set us up nicely to then visit the famous San Marco square, which was quite deep even after the water started receding!