Andrea was an amazingly gracious host. He was available for any questions and gave us great suggestions for bakeries, restaurants, and other shops. We could, easily, have spent our entire stay going with his list with only a few visits to the Rialto Market and a few other sites. He even helped us during the acqua alta alert. The apartment is beautiful. The kitchen is well thought-out, and beautifully decorated, and works for as much cooking as we wanted to try. The bedrooms were very comfortable. Even the bathroom was nice. One of the nicest we have stayed in anywhere in Europe. The neighborhood is quiet and has the best feel of what Venice is really like once one gets away from the tourist areas. If one wants the sites, hustle, and the rest, one can easily get there, but we loved getting away from all that as well. The light outside the windows has the gentleness, even at mid-day, that Ruskin felt was the heart of the city's architecture. It was so lovely that we hated to leave the apartment to see the city directly. San Giovanni e Paolo is just around the corner and over a bridge. This little piazza and its church was a great spot to eat and enjoy the occasional boat passage. Fondamente Nove is just around another corner and is a great point to visit the other islands. This makes the apartment an amazingly central location. Andrea got us there from the Ferrovia station at the beginning, and managed to get us, and a push scooter, to the correct Allilaguna ferry in time to get our flight out. In between, he was very helpful, indeed. He loves this apartment. We came to love it as well. As our ferry approached the airport we were still looking back at Venice in the morning light and could just make out the street that took us to this jewel in the city. Both are worth coming back to as often as we can manage. It was everything we hoped Venice still was.