Introducing Mestre-Marghera

A virtual walking tour in photographs and text

From: Mestre, Italy

ABOVE: A dog takes its mistress for a walk in downtown Mestre, Italy.

Mestre and its neighbor, Marghera, are districts of the Comune di Venezia, a.k.a. the city of Venice. They're located on the Italian mainland at the foot of the Ponte della Libertà, the causeway that runs approximately 4 km or 2.6 miles to the historic center of Venice, which is a cluster of 100 small islands in the Venetian Lagoon.

Many tourists choose to stay in Mestre (or, sometimes, in Marghera) to save money on hotels, to avoid parking and luggage-hauling hassles, or to be close to the Venezia Mestre Railroad Station, which is the Venice stop for many long-distance and international through trains. If you're among these visitors, you needn't feel guilty or worried about your choice: Mestre and Marghera are far more pleasant than most guidebooks and travel sites will tell you.

In the following pages, we'll take you on an informal--and somewhat random--virtual walking tour through Mestre and Marghera. We hope you'll find our photos and detailed captions helpful in visualizing the Venetian mainland before your trip.

• Suggestion: If you haven't already done so, look at the list of articles on our Mestre home page, which cover such topics as where to stay in Mestre and Marghera, how to commute from Venice to Mestre by train, buses to Mestre from Venice Marco Polo Airport, and the convenient, reasonably-priced parking lot at San Giuliano.

Next page: Photo Tour: Mestre train station

Inset photo copyright © Amanda Lewis.

The premier travel-planning site
for Venice, Italy since 1997

• About Venice for Visitors

Too many bridges, too little time?

Choose from handpicked Venice hotels (in all price ranges) within 0, 1, or 2 bridges of airport buses, taxis, trains, cruise piers, and airport-boat stops. We show maps, directions, booking links, and hotel Web sites.

• Click for easy-to-reach hotels

Venice for Cruisers:

• Roundtrip Cruises from Venice
• L'Austral Cruise Review
• MSC Poesia Cruise Review
• Costa Magica Cruise Review
• All Venice Cruising Articles

Our blogs:

• Venice Travel Blog
• Maggie in Venice dog blog

Search our site by topic or keywords:

Custom Search

Need a car in Europe?

Auto Europe guarantees the lowest rental rates for standard cars, sports cars, SUVs, luxury cars, chauffered sedans, and RVs. Its Web site also has driving information for 38 countries.

If you live outside the EU, a tax-free Renault or Peugeot tourist lease can be cheaper than renting. Minimum driver age is 18, there' s no upper age limit, and rates include insurance. See: Short-term car leasing.

|  About Venice for Visitors  |

|  Europe for Visitors - Home  |  Site Information  |

Copyright © 1996-2013 Durant & Cheryl Imboden and their licensors.
All rights reserved.