We had a lovely stay in Massimo’s place. We arrived by train at the San Lucia station and it was at most a 10min walk - so convenient! Massimo organised for his friend to meet us at the Guglie boat station around the corner from the apartment. His friend was very helpful, providing a map and highlighting some sights, bars and restaurants. We tried one of the tapas bars and then one of the restaurants on the first night and both places had great drinks, food and atmosphere. The apartment is also walking distance to supermarkets and boat stops on the Grand Canal, making it easy to get to the sights. Staying in the Jewish area was very interesting and we enjoyed sampling Israeli food too. The only downside was the wifi, it was very slow even if you stood next to the wifi box and even though we only wanted to check email, look up information about Venice etc (not stream movies or music etc).