Paola's apartment was so central to everything, just like others said. We walked to everything, never took the vaporetto once. You walked down the flight of stairs, out the door & Venice was waiting.
There was more than enough room in the apartment, the bed was comfortable, bathroom, shower worked great. We had a bit of an issue with the washer/dryer combination but we aren't used to that system so we probably didn't do it correctly.
Paola & mama were gracious enough to come find us after our water shuttle dropped us off at the wrong stop, showed us to the apartment & got us settled in.
If you want a lively, centrally located spot this is the one for you.