Nico's place provides the perfect base for a short stay in the old city. It's small but very central, an easy short walk to San Marco square, lots of cafes, bars, restaurants, shops and the ferries. It's also ground floor and close to a small supermarket. Nico was not there to show us around the apartment - had to pick up keys from a nearby hotel - so we needed to work things out in the apartment for ourselves which was ok.