Mivé Gelateria In Venezia

31/03/2024: An amazing stay if you want a unique experience away from the centre of Venice. Located on the neighbouring island of Lido, it’s a 20-30 min boat ride from San Marco and a 35 min ride from Tronchetto. The property has a great view of the waters and offers a peaceful experience. They arranged a complimentary taxi ride to Murano island, which was great, since it takes quite a bit of effort and time to get there through public transport (boat). Overall, I am glad I picked this stay for my second visit to Venice. Definitely made the experience a bit different and worthy of sharing.

28/03/2024: So overall I would give Hotel Villa Mabapa 3 stars due to a few factors which I experienced whilst visiting in March 2024. First of all the location of the hotel is great, not far from the water taxi stations which makes it very easy to travel to and from Venice. The breakfast at the Hotel wasn’t great, having very little options to actually choose from. Not much hot food like sausage, bacon and fried eggs which was mentioned on the hotels website, it was more like cereal, pastries, yogurts etc, as you could imagine this can be very boring eating it every day as there is little to no change in the breakfast menu from what I saw. Also, I found the customer service at the front desk to be quite poor due to fact that on our last night at the hotel I did not have any milk in our room so I went downstairs at 10:00 pm and asked the receptionist if I could have some milk to make a hot drink, her response was very blunt “ sorry it’s too late now and therefore you cannot have any, you can come down in the morning and get some before you leave” bare in mind, me and my girlfriend told her we are leaving at 2:00 am to go to the airport 5 minutes before. Also, as shown in the pictures bugs were found in our room and on the floor. There was also a hole in the wall. Also to mentioned YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR ANY DRINKS YOU HAVE FROM YOUR “MINI BAR”, as me and my girlfriend found out when we checked out. I won’t be staying at Villa Mabapa again.