This is a charming apartment in the heart of Venice's touristy district. We took a boat from the train station to Rialto stop where we meet Chiara's son who took us to the apartment. The apartment is in a great location with nice views of the small canal on one side and a restaurant at the other side. From this location it is a 15 min walk to the main San Marco square through a lot of touristy areas. Being in the touristy part of the city, there is some noise in the bedrooms from the city. On the side that faces the canal, there is noise in the early morning as the boats attempt to complete non-touristic voyages. The other bedroom has some noise in the evening from the nearby restaurant.
The apartment itself is clean and functional. It has many amenities including heating/cooling, washing machine, dishwasher, and plenty of utensils for cooking. It was also very clean. One point to note is that there is only a bathtub in the bathroom, I initially assumed there was a shower around the corner but there is not. The bathtub does not have glass or curtains to keep the water from spraying into the bathroom, which makes taking a shower more difficult.
Chiara and her son were very accommodating throughout the stay. They gave us recommendations for restaurants and let us keep our luggage in the hotel Chiara works at after we checked out.
This was a very pleasant stay and we would recommend this listing without hesitation.