Francesco's place is well located about a 5 minute walk from the Santa Lucia train station and steps away from some popular bacaros. We also enjoyed getting gelato at gelato Alaska nearby too. Walking to the major sites was within 20 minutes as well. Francesco is a nice host, responds quickly and his place was very clean and spacious for 2 people. You are right on the canal so you do get some noise from boats driving by throughout the day. It was not a problem for us though. We did have some mosquitoes join us during our stay that kept my husband awake even though we kept the screens down when the windows were open. But other than that we had a pleasant 2 night stay and the place was just want I expected.