You will not be disappointed if you reserve Francesco's apartment! Very close to the train station, so you do not have far to walk, in order to check-in and store your bags. The view from the terrace is GORGEOUS! The newly remodeled apartment, while retaining some of the original Venetian style/architecture, is just wonderful! Spacious, sparkling clean and is exactly as described and pictured. Francesco was busy working, so he hired a company called MeetOurVenice who checked us in and got us oriented with the city and gave some excellent suggestions for sites to see that we wouldn't have otherwise known about. While we were there, the aqua alta happened (high tide, coupled with a lot of rain, resulting in flooding) -- Francesco was kind enough to offer boots and plastic coverings for shoes, so that this didn't stop us from seeing the city!