Unfortunately our host was not at home when we arrived but her brother did a great job introducing us to the apartment. It is nice and clean and well laid out. There was lots of space for us, we were 3 adults and 2 kids. There were lots of restaurants close by and the acessability to Venice was perfect. We had our own car so we simply drove to the station in Mestre and took the train for 10 minutes for 1.25 each (each way). When we met Anna she spoke excellent English and was very easy to deal with. She was lovely. The only draw back was the lack of air conditioning, as it was very hot, but this certainly did not take anything away from our lovely stay in Mestre. We would recommend it highly.