Antonio was a helpful host, providing a map, recommended sights and gave us bus numbers to/from Venice. It is a quick trip to Venice and the bus system fairly easy to navigate, although the station from Venice is very busy and a little confusing. Upon arrival in Mestre we were told to wait for Antonio at an intersection one block away from the actual location of the apartment. We were a little confused by this, but realized it may have been because there is a lot of construction going on just outside the Hotel Centrale, where the apartment is located. Antonio was waiting outside for us however and we located him fairly quickly by phone. The apartment had a convenient location with a grocery store and bus stop practically across the street. The apartment had thin walls and we had noisy neighbors which didn’t bother us too much since they went to bed early. The more bothersome feature was that the toilet faced the shower and there was little more than 6 inches of separation between them making it impossible to sit on it in a normal fashion. I don’t know if this is representative of all the apartments at Hotel Centrale or if we were just unlucky with this particular one. If you are considering this location, it would be best to verify the layout of the bathroom. The shower stall was also a problem because it was impossibly small. My wife is 5’2” and she didn’t have too much of a problem with it. I am 6’6” however and barely had room to close the door of the pre-fab shower. All I can say is whatever you do, don’t drop the soap!