Hotel San Carlo

Cleanliness, helpful staff, location, adequate breakfast. A nice step back from the crowdedness & high prices of Central Venice. Mestre itself is a very pretty town & well worth a stroll from the hotel for a drink/snack during your stay. Couldn't be simpler straight up the road from the hotel & there you are! Parking the car behind the hotel during your trip to Venice is also a boon.

It isn't that I didn't like this hotel, not at all, we choose it for its location and subsequent good value for money. The hotel from the outside suggests Budget & Indeed the decor in the lobby & rooms is quite dated, however, I have to say this is one of the cleanest hotels I have ever stayed in, from the common areas to the rooms, the cleaning staff do this hotel proud. All staff we came in to contact with were very helpful & there English was a lot better than my Italian! The location couldn't be better for the tram line into Venice, 10/15 minutes, 1 tram, direct line & you're at the centre of Venice. Excellent! The €20 ticket for the tram & vaporetto has to be recommended & hotel staff patiently explained all connections, tram numbers, vaporetto numbers etc , to make sure you got to where you wanted.