The apartment is located on the first floor of a typical Venetian building on a canal, where gondolas float by. you can open the large windows and watch them, which makes up a bit for the lack of a terrace. The kitchen has good Italian standard equipment, like gas stove, an espresso cooker, parmesan grater and pasta sifter. Martina leaves food like sugar, salt, pepper and olive oil in the apartment, which is very useful! San Marco is easy walking distance as well as the Academia bridge over the Gand Canal which gives the apartment an excellent location for exploring Venice on foot. A supermarket is about 7 minutes walking distance away, another food store, where we bought rolls and bread is even closer (at Campo Santo Stefano). Air condition is in the living room only, but it was sufficient to leave the bedroom door open at night to cool both rooms. The neighborhood is quiet in spite of its proximity to San Marco, we recommend the quarter across the Academia bridge and the Campo Santo Stefano (the excellent "Le café") for eating out.