The apartment was exactly as described and Elena was very helpful with explaining and suggesting things to see and do while in Venice.

The apartment is about a 15 minute walk SW from Piazzale Roma (bus station area) and very close to the luav University of Venice. The neighborhood is really nice and quiet and quite removed from the tourist areas of the grand canal and St. Mark's square.

The nearest vaporetto (water bus) stop should be St. Basilio which is about a 7-10 minute walk. It takes about 20-25 minutes on the 2 line to reach St. Mark's square. If you walk down to Zattere (E along the water) you can catch the 5.2 and it is only 1 stop to SMS.

It is less than a 10 minute walk to Campo Santa Margherita which is a large square with lots of food options. This is also a lot of college students in the area as another college is close by. Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim are about 10-15 minute walk SE from there.