Just back after 6 nights in Italy. Stayed in Maestre which is a few Km from Venice. As usual booked on the WWW so it can be a bit hit and miss with the Hotel if you have not stayed in particular hotel before. Luckily there was n problem with the Hotel in fact it was very good value and included a good Buffet Breakfast and the rooms were very good too. Also right outside the Hotel you had a choice of Bus or Tram services. There were direct connections to the Airport, Train station and Venice itself. Only slight problem was we got on number 14 bus from Airport and it has unfortunately changed it route recently due to the new Tram. We should have got No 45 but we will know next time. One of the days we did have a bit of a problem with a sudden total transport strike. the bus brought us the the train station and I got our tickets and went to the Platform and suddenly it went all quiet, no one seemed to know what was happening. Eventually we realised we had to make our way to Venice by Taxi. Having got to Piazza Roma by Taxi there was in fact signs there telling us there was a 24 hour strike including the Vaporetto buses (water Buses). So we walked into Venice through the narrow streets stopping on the way for an ice cream or two and a few drinks as well.
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