Ricky's place is the perfect location just outside of Venice. You can get several buses around the area into Venice within 15 minutes. Mestre has a few cheap bars to enjoy on the doorstep also away from the hustle and bustle. The apartment itself is up a lot of steps and is on the highest floor in the building. It has every amenity you need, very well stocked - even Netflix on the TV for winding down after a long day exploring. The one thing I would say is that neither of us had a great sleep because the apartment itself is very noisy during the night. It's an old building with wooden beams that crack loudly as they cool during the night, and lots of banging at the early hours from within the apartment block. I probably wouldn't stay here again because of this, but nothing that was at fault of the host. Thank you for a wonderful stay.