As wonderful as this apartment was in comfort, location, appeal - it was the host, Irene, that added the most to our stay. Irene arranged a water taxi to pick us up from the airport, met us at the Rialto stop, showed us around the apartment and explained how everything worked. She also gave us a map and circled her favorite spots, highlighted how to walk to the correct stop for the Burano boat, called restaurants to make reservations for us, and helped us to a trouble shoot problems. She was incredibly responsive leading up to and throughout our stay.
The apartment itself is only 3 min walk to the Rialto bridge and a 7 min walk to St. Marks Square. Within 15-20 min you can walk to the Cannareggio restaurants or the Salute church. Venice is just not that large. The apartment had been recently renovated with all new appliances and furniture and was quite comfortable. The bedrooms and bathrooms looked out at a picturesque canal and the front entrance was on a cute little street with shops, restaurants and yummy bakery. Irene supplied a large Moka steam coffee maker and espresso grounds. I will miss sipping my morning espresso while looking out at the canal as Venice awakened.