Murano Glass Factory Experience: A Workshop in Venice
Description
Meet your assistant from city center get on board on a private watertaxi and reach Murano island admiring Rialto bridge and the Grand Canal. Enjoy a performance of an expert glass Master, modelling glass with blowing techniques. Learn about the glass tradition during your workshop and choose between mosaic or glass beads jewelry . Visit the Gallery with private colleccion. Return to city center by private watertaxi
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Itinerary
Discover the Murano glass tradition by watching and working with local masters and craftsmen. Depart from Venice city center with our authorized local guide, and walk for approximately 15 minutes through hidden streets before reaching the Murano island by public transportation (not included). Visit Colleoni Glass Factory and assist in a private performance of an expert glass master with a demo of blowing and sculpture technique. Then, choose one of the available workshops and make your own object in Murano glass. Whichever type of activity you choose will permit you to work with a local craftsman and make your personalized item.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Reviews(456)
The water taxi was convenient and the glass blowing demonstration was amazing. This tour was unlike anything we’ve done before.
Our family of four visited Murano in June 2026 along with eight others. Our guide was a humorous and engaging host who did a great job leading the tour. After the boat ride we spent the next 20 minutes or so watching the employees make two glass items at a 1000+ degree oven which was fascinating. Afterwards we were brought into a room where we could make our own bracelet with beads and other items, or instead glue pieces of solid colored glass onto a 3” x 3” piece of cardboard. Following that activity we were brought into a large display room with hundreds of fascinating glass creations covering all sorts of patterns, shapes, and sizes. At this point our activity ended, but we still had around 45 minutes left to sit around before the boat brought us back. I suppose the purpose of this added time was for anyone interested in buying a glass item from the gift shop but otherwise we just waited outside on a bench. Overall I was not overly impressed and would suggest finding another method to visit Murano that is likely less expensive.
Our guide met us in the square. It ended up being just us (2 adults and 4 kids). Giavanni (guide) explained how everything would go and some history along the way to the island. The tour was perfect. Long enough to see a vase and horse being made. Then we got to make a mosaic or jewelry keepsake to take with us. We went through all the galleries of gift shops. We even had some time to walk the island, grab a lemonade for the kids and cappuccino for us before the water taxi took us back to San Marco square. 10/10 recommend! We felt the value for the price was amazing!
We loved this tour/activity so much!! From the second we were greeted by our guide to the private water taxi to the warmth and kindness from the glass makers, it was a 10/10 every step of the way. Everyone in our family said this was the best part of the trip! Highly recommend!
This is a great activity for kids of all ages. We didn’t get much history about the glass making and the taxi ride back dropped us off at a different location. Otherwise it was really interesting and we enjoyed the glass museum and looking at all of the different designs of glass.
Odd place to meet up, but very much enjoyed watching skilled men make a vase by blowing and then a horse using pincers to pull at the molten glass
Such a fun tour we loved getting to watch the process in person of glass blowing and the island in general was beautiful!
Wonderful experience without spending too much. Well looked after and your guides were amazing. Highly recommend!
Easy to find meeting location. Giovanni was courteous and messaged me on What’s App the morning of, which was appreciated. My family and I enjoyed the demonstration, and the workshop. I made myself some earrings. After some shopping we had some free time before returning to the main land. It’s great, short trip to see what Murano is known for. And on the way back it was so clear we could see the Swiss Alps.
Very disappointing.. Demo was less than 15 minutes, and your own glass making was a small cardboard square that you glued on broken glass or made a child’s bead bracelet. Sales pressure was strong and gallery was disarrayed.
