I stayed here in Feb 2011 with my girlfriend for 3 nights. Is situated about a 3/4 minute walk from San Marco Square. It is tucked away a little but we got a bus from the airport then a water bus to San Marco Square, from there you head towards the square. Once entering the square, if St Marks Campanile (large clock tower) is on your left, turn left and walk towards the end of the square. At the end on the right there is an opening where you will see the canal right in front of you and the Hard Rock Cafe on your left. Follow the path and pass one bridge on your right and the cross the one in front of you (about 200 metres from Hard Rock). Once crossing this bridge do and immediate left, it is kind of tight and looks like your walking into the canal but the apartments are right on the corner in front of you. Right to the apartments and staff. The staff were excellent!!! They we're extremely helpful and helped us with directions on numerous occassions. Also when a towel rack broke, they were understanding and did not charge us for the breakage.
The apartment! - We didn't use the kitchen facilities but there was a fridge we used for soft drinks we brought from the local shop. The bedroom was large and had loads of storage space. We were given a free wi-fi code that we could use throughout our stay. There was a tv in the kitchen area that had only bbc news and sky news in English. But we were rarely in apart from sleeping. Always cleaned to a high standard and couldnt ask for more. Bathroom was reasonably sized and shower was always hot. Would definately stay again! I would recommend trying to avoid a lot of the Indian owned pizza/pasta restaurants, as they were over-priced and served average food. Also they will tempt you in with cheap pizzas but then a side of chips and a can of fizzy drink will be extremely overpriced and hike the bill up. The Hard Rock cafe had reasonable priced food, that was to a good standard and free re-fill fizzy drinks.
Even though it has good reviews (which is why we went) The History Of Venice Theatre is definately one to miss. We went and paid around 35 euros each for a ticket. When we walked in we both burst into histerics. The room is tiny and you are sat on the most uncomfortable school like chairs. Around 3 main actors do a variety of roles with really cheesy (poor) humour. There were only around 10 people in the audience when we went and it lasted around 55 minutes. Not value for money.