I stayed at Francesca's for two nights. She was a lovely host; she helped me get oriented to the area, served a nice breakfast and the room was fairly large and clean. She also has a really nice backyard area! In such a highly visited tourist area, it's nice to be just a little bit off the beaten path, yet her place is just as accessible to everything in Venice as anywhere else would be - the water taxi stops about 5 mins from her place! The directions she gave to her place were perfect and overall, I would definitely recommend staying at Francesa's while you visit Venice.