We really enjoyed our stay in Venice at Gabriella's flat with the appealing view on Venice's roofs from the small balcony!
It is in the very city centre, but in a more quite road (not where all the tourist masses pass) which we appreciated a lot. Just around the corner is a vaporetto stop, so it was really easy to get wherever we wanted quite quickly (at least as fast as the vaporetto goes... :)).
Gabriella was just a wonderful host!! She gave us some first hand local's information about nice, not too touristic spots and restaurants as well as places to visit.