Francesca is a wonderful host, she met us at the water station and walked us to the apartment. She even helped my husband with some work related printing he needed to have completed. The apartment was comfortable and right on the Grand Canal. We could see all the boats going by when we had the windows open. The apartment was well equipped with everything you would need to cook meals. The beds were comfortable. The location of the apartment is perfect, you can easily walk anywhere you need to go in Venice. We took a water taxi to the station on our last day, which Francesca arranged, just for the experience, we could have easily walked.