Francesca is an excellent host who made us feel very welcome. She met us at the vaporetto and guided us through the streets to her wonderful apartment. The area is beautiful and we enjoyed all of Francesca's suggestions of where to shop for the best food and where to eat for that special night out on the edge of a canal. The apartment is even more spacious than it looks in the pictures and our family of 4 was very comfortable. The best thing for us, however, as we struck 6 days of the hottest weather Venice ever gets, was the apartment's air-conditioning as this allowed us to have a cool afternoon siesta and to sleep well at night.