This apartment is in a great location. You can be at the Rialto bridge or St Mark's square in 5 minutes and any restaurant/store you want is steps away. The apartment is down a quiet street though. We took a gondola ride, went past the apartment and then we able to wave to our gondolier later in the evening from the apartment when we saw him go by below. The front bedroom can be a little noisy with motor boat traffic at sunrise...but you should be getting up early to explore anyway when you are in Venice! Apartment was clean and everything worked as advertised!