We absolutely loved the apartment. Much bigger than even the pictures show. Sofia gave us great directions to take the Waterbus over and second stop on the ORANGE line. Even arriving past 11:30 pm she greeted us. She was a perfect host even having coffee/milk, juice,fruit and yogurt which was such a wonderful add on.
Yes there are restaurants and bars right below the flat but shutting the shutters helped with that. We read the reviews and were aware of this - we actually loved that about it. Even though we were dead tired - we went out to the streets that first night to have a cocktail
We discovered this advice from our tour guide .... if you ordered food or drink to go OR eat/drink at the counter it's much cheaper than sitting down at a table with service. So if it's a coffee or a snack just stand or sit along the canal and save some Euros.
Check out venicefreewalkingtour ... it's a 3 hour and they meet in 3 different areas. Very impressed with ours.