We had such a wonderful experience at Lucia's home in Venice. She had someone meet us at the water taxi's spot and she walked us directly to the apartment. Lucia even provided a bottle of champagne for us since we stayed over New Years! The apartment is about a 20 minute walk to San Marco square, but Venice is so easy to walk around and explore that it didn't matter that we weren't in the center of town. There's an adorable square, Campo Santa Margarita, that had a cute coffee place and nice bars for the evening. Loved every minute!