This hotel is well placed right on its own stretch of beach close to lots of shops, supermarkets and restaurants. The beach is wonderful as the sand is soft, the sea is warm and everbody gets a dedicated umbrella and 2 sunbeds...yes two sunbeds, so if you have 3 people in your party/room (as we did) somebody has to make do with a chair instead, which is crazy. Consequently one of my 2 kids was fed up daily! Plenty of hawkers on the beach, limited watersports though at this hotel's stretch. The room was small...3 of us in a room for 4 so the double bed and 2 singles were pretty crammed in. Not enough drawers for clothes, not enough flat surfaces to put your things on either. The room really needed a fridge... there was a space for it which made it more frustrating. Aircon worked well but we didn't need it all the time as our room faced the carpark so didn't get any sun. There was no balcony but the clothes airer went through the window onto the flat roof otherwise they was nowhere to dry wet swim things so do bring spares. The bathroom was galley like and so narrow that I couldn't actually sit on the loo as my knees and the wall didn't allow it. Good powerful shower and the heated towel rail was handy. Again not many flat surfaces to put things on. The window shutters are great and they can be extended outward so you can put your clothes airer under it in case of rain (we had some thunder showers in evenings which made a welcome break to the heat so bring an umbrella). Breakfast was great...plentiful and great choices with cooked as well as continental choices. Location wise the hotel was well placed for restaurants, shops and supermarkets. The bus station is about a 15 mins walk and goes straight to the airport for about €5 - bargain (taxi was €75!). Buses to the ferry for Venice also go from there with bus and ferry combined costing around €20 each and taking just over an hour. Take a mask as masks are def needed for the bus and the ferry. The locals will stare you down if not wearing one and the ferry staff shout you into submission. Venice was as expected - fabulous. I found the number of ticket buying options for the sites overwhelming though, but finally found the right one ie best value for the main sites namely the Campinel, Doges Palace and the Basilica. It wasn't that busy though even in the height of summer (maybe due to covid, or the global travel disruption) so queues were not as long as expected if you had the no skip the queue ticket like had bought. Our gondolier was just awful....on his phone most of the time so it really ruined the whole experience unfortunately. Looks like I'll have to go back to do it again and not be disappointed :) Food was great - it's Italy after all and you could get a pizza or spaghetti bol for around €5 - €6 in most places (add another euro for Venice itself) and an aperol spritz for €3.50, but coke was €4-€5. Card accepted everywhere so no need for lots of cash. Loved Venice and Lido di Jeso
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