Mario’s apartment is nearly perfect. It’s a scenic 2 minute walk along a canal and across 3 bridges from the San Stae boat stop. The boat to and from the airport stops at San Stae and the boat going to every location along the grand canal stops at San Stae, so it is very convenient to public transportation. The apartment is located in a quiet area of Venice off a small piazza and the windows all face a small canal. It’s about a ten minute walk to the realto bridge and about another ten minutes to piazza San Marco. Although it always took me longer since navigating in Venice is confusing. The apartment is good sized with a full kitchen, living room bedroom and bathroom. The WiFi was very good.
For me the easily fixable shortcomings were that the clothes dryer did not work, the clothes washer didn’t have English language instructions and the kitchen lacked dish towels, paper towels, sponges and a trash can.
After resolving these minor things I would highly recommend this apartment and feel it’s a very good value.