Paolo was very welcoming and gave us great help regarding local restaurants, transport, things to do, etc. The apartment itself is ideally located - within easy reach (15 min walk) of many major sights, with lots happening on the doorstep too. It's only a 3 minute walk to the local vaporetto stop, and even less to the local gondola service which takes you across the Canal. It is a beautiful apartment, but could do with a few extra bits and pieces - for example there is no chest of drawers in the bedroom or shelving to put cosmetics, hairbrush, etc, on. It's a small point, but meant keeping everything in the suitcase for 3 days. Also, the kitchen was very well equipped, but to satisfy my admittedly OCD tendencies, it could have been a little cleaner. Having a washing machine was a great bonus.