This apartment is even better than it sounds in the listing. The host, Riccardo, was so kind to meet us at the vaporetto (water bus) stop and walk us to the apartment as sometimes Venice can be confusing with all the canals and bridges. He showed us the apartment and gave us helpful directions and recommendations. I have never had a more accommodating host before! His English is very good, as well. The apartment is clean, and just as pictured and has everything you need for a comfortable stay, it is updated but still has the Venetian charm. With all of that mentioned, the reason you must choose this apartment is for the utter convenience of the location. If you want to spend your evenings listening to the dueling orchestras in San Marco's Square or walking along the Grand Canal and then have a safe, short walk back to your quiet apartment, then this is the place. You get all the best of Venice from this location, nearly everything you are visiting for is close and walkable, and yet the apartment is quiet and on a residential street with a nice little grocery store a 3-minute walk away. Oh, and the A/C works great (essential in Venetian heat). Highly recommend!