Marco's apartment is just as adverised and perhaps even a bit better. Two nice bedrooms, a cozy livingroom, a well stocked kitchen, wonderful double-paned windows (very quiet inside, night and day); everything works, very clean, wonderful art on the walls, many extra towels (a very classy thing to offer those, most hosts don't). The Arsenale vaporetto stop
is so close (about a city block) and the Arsenale area is a revelation: it feels like a real neighborhood, there is a Co-op store (grocery chain) very close by on Calle Garibaldi), there are amazing yachts moored nearby, and you can easily walk not just to San Marco, but out to the Giardini, an area of lush, gorgeous parks heading south in the direction of the Lido.
We did not meet Marco because he was traveling, but he was engaged and proactive, messaging us prior to our arrival, and he sent a relative to greet us who was very nice. We could not recommend the place more highly.