The location was great, quiet, we slept really well. Had some cereal and tea each morning and headed out. We were a block from the water bus, a short walk to the Rialto bridge, and pretty much everywhere. On our third day in Venice we got a 24 hour water bus pass and visited Murano and Burano islands which was really nice. Stefania took extra measures, marking up the map so that we saw the important sites and also places that the locals go. We arrived late and Stefania waited 90 minutes for us at the vaporeta stop. Very kind. The walking tour that includes 30 minute gondola on TripAdvisor was really good too.