I recommend this accommodation 100%. I stayed there for two weeks. The garden flat is lovely and Mara and her sister Fernanda were superb hosts.
Fer collected me from Treviso airport, drove me to the flat, showed me the supermarket round the corner, where to get a bus into Venice and where to get a tram to Mestre railway station. She also gave me a bus ticket for Venice.
There was a bottle of wine and some fruit in the flat for me.
Snow had disconnected the phone lines so Mara and Fer gave me a mobile phone to use to call Mara in case of an emergency.
They also came to warn me not to go near the railway station on the “day of the bombs” – when two unexploded bombs found at the station were going to be deactivated.
Mara drove me to Treviso airport the day I left.
Both were very patient as I tried to communicate in my elementary level Italian.
The flat is exactly as pictured online, in a quiet street near the picturesque old centre of Mestre. Everyone had told me Mestre is all modern and ugly so finding the lovely historical places was a pleasant surprise.
Another bonus was acquiring a new Valentine on 14 February – when I fed Pepe, their very affectionate, cuddly black cat who lives outside in the garden.
My visit to Venice was made most enjoyable by the comfortable accommodation and Mara and Fer’s warmhearted kindness.