San Giuliano

I doubted other reviews, when they mention & critique the size of the rooms and the layout of the rooms. Other reviews are spot-on with this: many of the room configurations, especially with full-sized beds, require significant agility, physical flexibility, and being quite skinny. This is NOT an exaggeration: the placement of the bed prevented the bathroom door from opening more than 50%; the placement of the wardrobe & table in the room prevented the right half of the wardrobe to open at all; the orientation of the toilet in the bathroom requires one to ride it like a side-saddle on a horse (or risk burning skin from the towel-heater directly in front of it). This room was, to date, the absolute smallest shower I've ever been in in any hotel or motel (I've driven through all 50 states--in the U.S.--at least once; I've toured over a dozen European countries; also toured Mexico, Peru, and Canada). Again, zero exaggeration: I had _maybe_ 6 inches (15cm) of space to any side of my body. There is NOT enough room to bend, at all, to wash thoroughly. A scant few of the rooms do not have this incredibly uncomfortable room layout. . .but the majority do have layout & design problems. The interior of the hotel was kept up well. Room cleaning, from what I observed of other rooms, is very well done. Unfortunately, this does not make up for the absurd room layouts. Breakfast was fine, but lacked fresh fruit. No snobbery, but given the abundance of fresh fruit available in every grocer in Mestre (and in general throughout the European Union), it was baffling. Same for the entire lack of yogurt. The hotel could reasonably eliminate 25-50% of their carbohydrate options (truly, they oversupply: guests did not touch at least half of the carbohydrate options on numerous mornings) and replace that with fresh fruit & yogurt. The location was quiet, which was quite welcome. Admittedly, the room I had was at the tail end of the hallway. . .so not much noise from other guests, and street noise after 9pm was entirely absent. Additionally, it's right next to a bus stop (direct route to Venezia; direct route to Marco Polo airport; direct route to Mestre centro--for shopping & food options) and it's roughly 2 city blocks from the Tram 1 line (direct route to Venezia). Despite how quiet the location way, and despite how convenient it was for transit, I would not recommend this hotel to anyone due to the room layouts. They are truly problematic, and the hotel isn't going to spend money to rectify truly absurd architecture. Spend a bit more money and get a room that actually works.

Terrible structure, uncomfortable and very cold rooms, stayed in May with low temperatures, impossible to heat the room due to company policy, so the night was cold, plus issues with water, excessive cost for the service provided.

Rooms are basic and small, but at the price you can’t complain. There is a bus stop right outside the hotel that goes to the train station and the tram line is about a 2-3 minute walk which takes you to Venice. The reception staff are very helpful with directions and booking tram/ferry tickets which can be done at the hotel.