The apartment is spacious, comfortable, and clean. Both bathrooms are fairly recently remodeled, yet the bedrooms still have the character we wanted with wooden beams and wood shutters (outside the modern glass opening windows). It is a bit of a walk into Piazza San Marco, but you can take the Vaporetto. We actually enjoyed being outside the San Marco area, with its crush of tourists. It was a relief to return to our less crowded neighborhood —still with plenty of good restaurants and bars nearby. We arrived late at night and did not meet Maria, but Agatha met us at the water ferry we took from the airport and walked us to the apartment. She was lovely and provided very good recommendations.