Barnaba is a friendly, helpful and gracious host. He met us at the nearby Rialto Mercato vaporetto stop and took us to the apartment located just a few blocks from there. It is a great location, very close to Rialto Bridge and a lively piazza for the evenings, but very quiet near the apartment. You can take the #1 vaporetto to the train or San Marco and that is a scenic and easy way, but it is actually just a fast to walk to both. The place is great, both modern and comfortable. Both bedrooms have full size comfortable beds for couples, the inner room is quietest, the outer room has cuter views of the neighborhood streets but be aware that all alleys in Italian cities tend to funnel the noise up, and once you get used to it you'll feel part of the city! If you are a light and late sleeper, you might bring earplugs for the mornings when resident and vendor foot traffic to the nearby market gets lively. Would definitely stay here when I visit again!