WOW! This was such and amazing place. Every detailed was considered - from the shower to the security system: how to maximize the space with luxury features. We could not have had a better experience. The location is within steps of S. Marco BUT you don't get the noise due to the design of the insulation and the Windows. I would strongly encourage travelers when coming from the train station to get off at Rialto. We took the S. Marco route... Not only that we wound up on the route that goes around the outside of the city rather than the canal (oops)... Thus, a 20 minute vaporetto ride was more than an hour. This can be avoided easily by taking the route that is specific to Rialto- we took that route back out when leaving for the train and the entire trip took literally 10 minutes. I would DEFINITELY recommend this apartment for your stay in Venice. One other comment: There was a review about the clothes washer and drier. We are in Italy for 2 weeks and we packed really light and stayed at places that advertised this amenity. The washer and drier worked really well for us.