The apartment is beautiful, spacious and quiet. Even though you are less than 5 minutes from St Mark's square, it was very peaceful there - especially the incredible private garden area. It was great to have some food items there too, like sugar and coffee. Ilaria was so nice giving us a map and then adding local restaurants (not tourist ones she said), and other places to go/walk to. She had a water bus schedule so we'd know which one we'd need to take to get to the airport. Overall, she was terrific and we'd definitely recommend her place. FYI - her hair is auburn now - not black like the abnb picture shows. It took us a few minutes to recognize each other at the Rialto stop.