At the first blush, of course, one would say on the Grand Canal; but there are objections to this.

It is noisy with steamboat whistles and motor horns, and will become noisier every day and night, as the motor gains increasing popularity.

On the other hand, one must not forget that so fine a Venetian taster as Mr.Howells has written, "for myself I must count as half lost the year spent in Venice before I took a house upon the Grand Canal." Personally, I think, I should seek my home elsewhere.

There is a house on this Giudecca--a little way along from the S.Giorgio end--which should make a charming abode; for it has good windows over the water, immediately facing, first, the little forest of masts by the Custom House, and then the Molo and the Ducal Palace, and upon it in the evening would fall the sinking sun, while behind it is a pleasant garden.

The drawbacks are the blasts of the big steamers entering and leaving the harbour, the contiguity of some rather noisy works, and the infrequency of steamboats to the mainland.
Ruskin was fond of this view.