This was a wonderful place to stay! This apartment is in a great neighborhood that is less touristy and a bit more quiet, and it's very close to a great restaurant (6342 a le Tole) and the famous Acqua Alta bookstore. The apartment is right behind a big, beautiful piazza with the famous Bartolomeo Colleoni equestrian statue where locals and visitors relax and have the famous spritz drinks around 5-7pm. I was there for 4 weeks in the early summer and the apartment stayed nice and cool- it gets less light, but the trade off is you won't be too hot! The rooms in the apartment are spacious (especially for Venice) and the shower worked much better than other places I've stayed on the island, and there was a great new hairdryer too. The kitchen is well equipped for cooking and the grocery store is close. The laundromat isn't far and walking to the major attractions (Saint Mark's, Rialto, etc.) is easy. Finding the apartment was also very easy because the host has made a very helpful youtube video with directions, and it's only a 6-7 minute walk from the vaporetto stop (which has a line that runs straight from the airport). From this vaporetto stop it is also very easy to get to the Murano or Lido islands. The apartment felt very safe, and it is very close to the hospital (in case you have need of a doctor). Maria's son was waiting for us at the apartment and was very helpful, friendly, and spoke good English. He even came back and brought extra sheets and towels for us. The only downsides were that there was construction going on in the building next door, but you could only hear them working during normal hours (8am-6pm), and you can sometimes hear the upstairs neighbors and the water pipes in the ceiling above the bedrooms- but all of this is quite normal for city living, and this apartment is in a much calmer part of Venice with more locals. I would definitely recommend staying here!