After 3 exhausting days of sightseeing in Rome, we were headed to Venice by train. Sylvia met us at the San Samuele vaporetto stop, She was very accommodating as our train was over 40 minutes late and she needed to come back to the stop to get us. The apartment was beautiful! We were on the second floor (first floor in Italy!). We were tucked away in a small neighborhood which was so close to many restaurants, shops and ten-fifteen minutes to Rialto Bridge or St Marks area. We never used the boat taxis, but instead walked the entire time enjoying the fabulous atmosphere. Sylvia was thorough in her description of apartment, wifi (which worked beautifully despite all the negatives I read about getting wifi in Venice!), and gave us directions to the local supermarket. Would highly recommend this apartment!