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Search for a hotel in Venice or Mestre, which is better?

Rialto Bridge in Venice
Rialto Bridge in Venice

In planning your tourist trip to Venice, at the time of find hotel, it is essential to take into account the special characteristics of this beautiful Italian city.

Located in the middle of a lagoon, You can't drive in Venice by car., since the streets are replaced by canals and pedestrian alleys.

Furthermore, it is a city that attracts thousands of tourists at all times of the year, so Venice hotel offer It is very wide.

But at the same time you will find prices that are much more expensive than normal and a level of services in many cases limited by their age.

Here you can search for a hotel for your stay in Venice

Therefore, you must consider the convenience of look for a hotel in the same city or in nearby towns, as is the case of Mestre.

Search hotel in Venice

Al search for the hotel in Venice It is important that you take into account the way in which you are going to get there.

If you arrive by plane, the public transport to go from Marco Polo airport to Venice The most popular is the bus, although you can also hire a taxi or a private transfer.

The bus or taxi will leave you at the Piazzale Roma, and from there you will have to go with your suitcases walking through the alleys of the city, or in vaporetto through the canals.

Therefore, it is important that you locate a hotel in such a way that it does not cause a great inconvenience to get to it, very close to the aforementioned Piazzale Roma, or near the various stops on the vaporetto on the Grand Canal.

That is, unless you hire a water taxi that will take you through the lagoon to the canals of the city itself.

Search hotel in Mestre

If you choose to stay in a nearby town, outside of Venice, the best option is Mestre, which is only 10 kilometers away, right at the entrance to the long Liberty Bridge that links with the venice island.

There you have it too a good offer of hotels of different levels of quality and more affordable prices than in Venice.

Its finally you are looking for a hotel in Mestre, from the airport you have another bus that takes you to the center of town, specifically to the train station. Venice-Mestre.

Here you can search for a hotel in Mestre for your tourist trip to Venice

It is right in its surroundings where you should choose a hotel.

Then to go to Venice you will have a train every 7-10 minutes, which will take you to the Santa Lucia Station in just 10-15 minutes. The price of the ticket is only one euro each way.

Good luck in the search!

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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