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Hotel Bologna, Mestre ****
Venice, Veneto
Hotel Bologna, Mestre

The Hotel Bologna, Mestre is a long-established hotel with a traditional feel. Located directly opposite the mainline railway station, this comfortable hotel in Mestre is wonderfully convenient for visiting Venice without the hassle and bustle of the city. View hotel

Double rooms from €79
Hotel Plaza, Mestre ****
Venice, Veneto
Hotel Plaza, Mestre

Located in the town of Mestre, just minutes away from Venice, this four-star hotel is brilliantly located for easy access to Venice and the other beautiful cities in the Veneto region, Verona, Vicenza and Padua. View hotel

Double rooms from €64
Hotel Ambasciatori, Mestre ****
Venice, Veneto
Hotel Ambasciatori, Mestre

Hotel Ambasciatori stands on a quiet residential avenue in Mestre, on the Italian mainland just 8km from the city of Venice. A perfect choice for business travellers and holidaymakers alike. View hotel

Double rooms from €60
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Located on the mainland of Italy's Veneto region, the town of Mestre is at the western end of the spectacular Ponte della Liberta (or 'freedom bridge') with the city of Venice to the east. As such, most visitors will be passing swiftly through, but Mestre makes an excellent base for exploring the Veneto region (you have the historic cities of Padua, Verona, Rovigo Vicenza and Treviso as well as Venice itself, there are Mantua and Ferrara just over the border in Emilia-Romagna, and you are well placed for historic Udine and the woefully under-explored Friuli Venezia Giulia region to the north east). This is also a great starting point for exploring the Brenta Riviera and its Venetian villas, many created by master architect Andrea Palladio.

Mestre is where most ordinary Venetians live these days, priced out of the crowded islands of the Lagoon and city proper, and it's a more affordable way to see the Serene Republic, though don't ignore the sights of the city itself. Chief among these are the 17th century Cathedral di San Lorenzo, the Palazzo de Re, the Provvedaria, the Palazzo Podestarile and the Torre d'Orologio (or clocktower/watchtower) from 1108.

Although overlooked these days, Mestre has a long history in fact, legend having it that it was built by Mesthles, a fellow fugitive from Troy with Antenor (who founded Padua/Padova). Well possibly, though we know it was a Roman fortress, laid waste by Attila the Hun and rising to prominence again in the early Middle Ages. It piggybacked the astonishing rise to power of Venice at this time, being its landside connection, though it fell to Verona's Scaliger dynasty in 1323.

To the left you'll find a selection of Mestre hotels, just to whet your appetite. See also Mestre hotels (full listings) and our Mestre hotel map.

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