To reach it, you pass through calli that give no hint of what lies ahead: Calle della Stua, the corte (courtyard), the sotoportego (covered passageway) of the Remer. Then, with one last step beneath the arch, the Grand Canal opens up all at once. Few campielli (small Venetian squares) do what this one does: they open onto the canal without a bank as a border, and descend to the water on a low stone landing, just two steps above the current.