Lucia and Ricardo were incredible hosts; from being communicative with us prior even to our arrival, accepting last minute arrival change on our end, picking us up at our boat and carrying our suitcase to the apartment, they made our arrival extremely easy and friendly. When we got to the apartment, they took out a map for us that had all their local spots already marked on it. They gave us a thorough overview of things and asked what we were interested in. The best food recommendation was from them (Paradiso Perduto) which was 10 minutes walking from their place. The apartment is exactly if not better than advertised. They even had personalized signs up for us (and it was my birthday so they left us some special Venitian chocolate and cookies for me). After this, they left and we had the place to ourselves the whole time. The apartment was very safe, quiet but close to everything (very close) and we cooked in the kitchen the entire time. There is a great grocery store a few minutes away and we squeezed fresh juice (from their fruits they left for us) every day, had coffee in a French press (all of which they provided) and whipped up some delicious meals from food we bought for very cheap at the grocery store. Lucia and Ricardo were available the whole time we were there to answer our questions. At the last day, they were flexible about our check out time since nobody was arriving that day. The apartment was very very clean, warm, charming and we felt right at home from the minute we got there. We hope to visit Venice soon again and when we do we would DEFINITELY want to stay at Lucia and Ricardo's apartment again :) ...best neighborhood, best people, best apartment.