My friend and I had a wonderful stay at Ugo's apartment beginning Nov 2013. We were there to catch the last few days of the Bienale. Dorsoduro is a wonderful and convenient location, a waterbus stop close by but we ended up walking to most places especially well located for the Academia and Peggy Guggenheim. There are plenty of restaurants and coffee shops in the area and a supermarket as well. We had easy instructions to meet Ugo and he handed over the keys and got us settled with a couple of tips for restaurants etc. I'm already looking fwd to my next Venice trip and this is theplace I'll be looking to book again. Highly recommend.