The apartment is 200 meters from the Venice Mestre train station which is convenient for travelling into Venice Santa Lucia station (only 10 minutes). Buses are also close by to travel into Venice . It seems that all trains stop at Mestre, even the fast trains, so if you are travelling to or from Venice by train you don’t need to go to Venice Santa Lucia first.
The ATVO bus also travels from Marco Polo airport direct to Mestre.
We arrived late into Mestre and were gratefully to be met by Liviana and taken to the apartment. Liviana was very helpful with information about the apartment, transport and supermarket. The apartment was clean and reasonably well appointed. Our only concern was the strong smell of stale cigarette smoke which required us to open the windows the whole time we were there to freshen the air. This was disappointing as it was advertised as a non smoking apartment which it clearly hadn’t been.
Mestre, although a without character, is a reasonable option if you can’t afford , or can’t get accommodation in central Venice. And this property is a good option if you don’t mind the smell of cigarette smoke.