Novotel Venezia Mestre Castellana - Mestre, Italy 

A very nice hotel with nice rooms, especially for families. We had a very reasonable pricing for a 4 person room. The breakfast was much more better than we expected. There is a shuttle bus to Venice but do not forget to book in advance. if you miss the shuttle or can not find a place (which is possible during the high season) taxi costs 20-25 Euro. There are some free parking places around the hotel (very safe) and they charged us 6 Euro per night which was really cheap. Personel was not very helpful which you should be ready during your visit to Venice. We definitly will stay again at this hotel if we visit venice in the future

We have just returned from a three night stay in the Novotel hotel in Mestre. It is a great hotel. It is a 15 minute walk into Mestre town centre, which is great for just relaxing and having a beer. There are also some great restauraunts and are all fantastic value for money. The hotel staff were friendly and helpful. There is also a free bus to and from Venice everday. There is only one problem with the hotel-Cost of food and drink. We only had one meal, a buffet breakfast, It cost ?49 for two of us. But when you have so many resteraunts cafes and bistros so close it doesn't matter. I would recommend this hotel to everyone, it is clean, confortable and very friendly.