Ivan gave me travel info and directions to the vaporetto stop (it is 65-75 minutes to or from the airport, FYI) and met me there. He had maps and info available at the apartment, which is spacious and extremely clean. It is in a quiet neighborhood removed from the bustle of the city center but with a vaporetto stop on a main line and a green park there at the water's edge where local kids play soccer and people walk their dogs, etc. It is a short walk to the Giardini, for example, but very pleasant indeed (you can take the interior neighborhood streets or walk on the waterfront). I would stay here again.