Excellent location, great for us with a toddler. Paolo greeted us and showed us how to use things in the apartment. He had a packet of maps and information as well. There is a supermarket very close by, and fantastic food within walking distance. We liked being away from all the tourist areas, this was an area where you would see families that lived in Venice walking with their kids etc. We loved eating at Orient Experience- great middle eastern/indian food as well as local Frito-Inn- fried fish! We bought our vaparetto tickets from the train station before coming over to the apartment. Paolo had a crib/packnplay for our toddler son, and it is a great apartment for a small family. We would stay here again.