I stayed here for 5 nights and the apartment met my expectations. Paolo was a kind, thoughtful host. He allowed me to leave my suitcase in the store room at 10:30am and return at 4pm to check in. The apartment was bright, airy, quiet, private, safe. The building has 8 units, 2 on each floor. The 1st floor has 2 store rooms, one belongs to Paolo. The building is in a residential neighborhood where children play soccer and basketball while the adults socialize in the evening. Make sure you can climb steep stairs to the 5th floor. Make sure you have €4/night city tax ready at check in (the listing says €3/night, which needs updating). Paolo will give you a receipt. There are a washer and dryer in a small area between the bathroom and the living room (may not be shown in pictures). There is a dish washer underneath the kitchen counter (may not be shown in pictures). Wifi worked for my Google Pixel 3 phone. The red sofa is gorgeous but I kept sliding off. The 4 beautiful windows have screen to guard off flies and mosquitoes. There is no window in the bathroom. I enjoyed the bottle of sparkling wine from Paolo. Cannaregio is a beautiful, peaceful neighborhood. Buy pane arabo at Majer Bakery and fresh fish at the fish stalls by Guglia vaporetto stop - amazing stuff. It took me 14 minutes to speed walk from the apartment to Venezia S. Luccia for my 7:25 am train, passing 4 bridges with my suitcase. Anytime later it would take me about 30 min due to the crowd. Don't use the Forex ATM machine at the train station (a rip off). Walking outside to the left, passing the huge church, you will find a bank and it's outside ATM machine - a good one, which doesn't charge any ATM service fees or give you a rip-off exchange rate as the one inside the station. Overall, I was glad to stay in Cannaregio because Castello and Dorsoduro are too far away from the train, San Marco and San Polo are far away from the train and with the noise and crowd, and Santa Croce requires you to walk over the gigantic Scalzi bridge with your luggage. I loved Venice. No books, articles, Google maps could convey the experience and sensation of being here.