Mina's place is the perfect spot to stay for a quieter more real Venetian experience. If you want to live like a local this is the place! It's about 8 or 9 stops from the ferrovia boat station to her boat station called Celestia. Like the other reviews Mina will greet you at the dock and walk you the 30 steps to the front door of her building! Literally her apartment building is the first building you walk to when you get off the dock! Second floor apt with great ocean views to the other islands near by. It has everything you need, TV, WiFi, and best of all an On Demand hot water heater that we loved so much! The house has heat and air conditioning but we didn't use either because the weather in April was perfect! It's about a 15 to 20 minute walk to Piazza San Marco and the other main attractions. There are other restaurants and ammenities closer to her place as well just not the big touristy places like near San Marco. If you want to live like a local, as much as you can on a small island visited by tourists from every corner of the globe this is a great place! We wished we could have stayed longer exploring Venice and the other islands nearby. The shopping was fantastic, cheaper and way more options than our subsequent stop around Lake Como in the Menaggio/Bellagio area to our surprise, so take advantage while your there.