This is a lovely apartment in a great part of Venice. It looks even better than the pictures and is immaculately clean with lovely antique furniture and a fantastic view over one of the quieter canals. The apartment is in a really great location, being near enough to everything yet in a nice quiet neighbourhood. San Stae Vaporetto is a two minute walk, Rialto market/bridge 10 minutes and St Marks half an hour. There are some lovely local amenities in the delightfully Venitian square Campo San Giacomo dell'orio ie a Co op a Majer bakery and many excellent restaurants. The flat itself is really comfortable, well equipped and with a nice welcome food pack and some basic items already in the cypboard-something we really apprectiated after a long journey. The spa bubbly bath and constant hot water was a blessing after a long day's walking around the town. Even the Wii Fii was good enough to get the last episode of LIne of Duty ! We watched it replete with local cheeses and ham, Prosecco in hand and the view of a Gondola in the background.
For local restaurants we found Mocenigo ( try the black spaghetti and prawns or spaghetti with cuttlefish in squid ink) and Muro San Stae ( pizza or risotto with squid ink) both excellent and reasonable for Venice. The Majer bakery is also good for lunch, the Foccacia pizza and arancini are both excellent and you can sit in the square watching the world go by.
We would definitely come back to this place again and recommend it to friends.