Our visit to Venice was filled with great memories and this was part due to the fact that we found ourselves placed very comfortable at Elena's apartment.
The apartment was very clean, roomy and in a characteristic location in Venice. It is handy and not far from the main Piazza Roma yet quiet at night. Elena met us at exactly the time agreed upon and was very through with communication...the bottle of wine and goodies upon arrival was real bonus. The kitchen was well equipped...and the unit is very secure. However the unit is on a upper level which was no problem for us at all but I can see how if a person was elderly or incapable/didn't like of stairs it would be a challenge but then again those individuals as such wouldn't be visiting Venice anyway as there are stairs everywhere!!
I would recommend Elena's apartment highly.