This very secure apartment is up one flight of stairs. The view is of the narrow street below and the building less than 20 feet across the way. Vehicles, including bicycles, are prohibited in Venice, so the sounds coming up from this very busy corridor are mostly voices and the sound of shuffling feet. There is a wine bar just below us, on the corner. The very tall windows keep out the noise very well when closed, but we enjoyed the sounds.

The apartment is located approximately an equal distance from the #1 vaparetto (the water-bus) stop at Realto Mercato and the Realto Bridge - perhaps a two minute walk to either.

The apartment is very clean, modern and well maintained. It is well equipped with cooking utensils, flatware, China and towels. It appears that the owner even supplies coffee as the glass coffee container was filled to the brim when we arrived, probably not something the previous renter left although there were plenty of useable left over items neatly stowed in the pantry. The small shop below us supplies a wide variety of meats, cheeses, and virtually everything we needed, but there are larger supermarkets nearby and of course, the daily produce and fish markets only a two minute walk away.

The bedroom is very large, the bed very comfortable, and there is plenty of closet space with good hangers and drawers which allowed us to unpack completely.

The owner does not live on the premises, but we had no problems and did not find it necessary to phone her. She did meet us at the vaparetto stop and walk us to the apartment where she showed us how things work, and then she turned over the keys and left. We do not speak Italian, so it was nice that she spoke English.