Duca D'Aosta Hotel - Mogliano Veneto, Italy 

We stayed here for 4 nights at 60 euros per night. There seems to be 2 halves to this hotel, a modern block above the reception area and another older wing to the right of that - this is where our room was. Room was very spacious with aircon, a kingsize bed and television (only one english channel). Also has a fridge with mini bar mainly consisting of soft drinks, fruit juices and water which is restocked every morning. Room cleaned, towels changed every day and basic toiletries provided. Bathroom was shabby and could do with updating, the shower tray was mouldy around the outside, the door was hanging off at the top which meant that the bathroom got flooded everytime we showered. The shower was brilliant though - like a power hose :o) The toilet roll holder was hanging off the wall and the main bathroom light didnt work (there was another smaller light over the mirror). The hotel rooms also have wooden floors - not good when it sounds like there is a herd of elephants in the room above! So ask for a room on the 2nd floor to avoid this. They have a laundry service at a fairly costly rate, we needed an iron whilst we were there and they didnt have one. Cant comment on the food as we didnt eat in the hotel. We found a dead bedbug in the outer blanket on the bed on the morning we were leaving and there were silverfish running around the sink in the bathroom when we arrived. Staff were friendly and all spoke good English, all in all it was value for money and ok for what we needed which was just a base so we could visit other places. We couldnt get a late check out but there was a room where we were able to leave our bags. There really isnt very much to do in Mogliano. There are a few nice coffee shops and restaurants which are reasonably priced, not much in the line of shopping. The hotel is just a short 5 minute walk from the train station and the bus stop is only about 100 metres from the hotel. We caught the bus to Treviso and also to venice - both leave every 30 minutes or so. Bus is great also for getting to the airport.. just catch the bus to Treviso bus station for 2 euros and then a further 1 euro 20 for the onward connection to the airport - a lot cheaper than catching a taxi.

Overall, I was satisfied with our stay here. Its about 20 minutes by bus to Venice and there is a bus stop right outside the hotel. From the airport, you pretty much have to take a taxi unless you want to take like over 2 hours to get there by waiting for some connecting buses. It cost us $45 to take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (only like 10 minute ride). The staff was helpful and spoke good english. The breakfast wasn't too great there. The room was ok but seemed to get hot even with the window opened. We slept the worst there of our whole Europe trip. Right behind the hotel is a train station which is nice. Overall, about 2 1/2 stars.