It's 90 steps up from the street and pretty dark in the stairwell, so not a good idea for someone with low vision or fitness challenges. I loved getting the exercise and climbed the steps 5 times. It was so neat to be up there above the rooftops and see the satellite dishes are red to blend in with the roofs and see the little rooms some owners have added on to the tops of their buildings that no one else can see. The room I had was spacious, clean and neat, pretty basic but comfortable. It was quite a hot day and the apartment is not air-conditioned but the windows had mosquito netting and it cooled down nicely overnight. There was a nice fan to help circulate the air. There was some festive street noise 4 floors down from the restaurant in the square, but the thunderstorm discouraged that for awhile! and it quit about 12-1 am. It might bother some noise sensitive folks, but was really quite pleasant noise. In the morning, the sun came right in and the birds started up, but morning is the best time to take a walk, because it's nice and cool, so I hopped up and took a 5 mile walk around Venice. I went to St Mark's Square and a guy put some corn on my hand, and about 10 pigeons flew up and got all over my arm. They were incredibly gentle. I didn't feel any claws from their feet or pecking from their beaks as they ate the corn. It was amazing. I walked all the way to and through the park and then tried to walk to the Rialto Bridge. You can't do that, because the wharf quits in places, forcing you into side streets where you inevitably get lost. But since everyone says you must wander and get lost, you feel accomplished when you've done it. All in all, a unique experience and I would do it again!