Venice Islands Cruise: Murano Glass, Rainbow Burano & Torcello
Description
Amazing Venice islands boat tour to Murano and Burano Join to a guided excursion to discover the two islands of Venice lagoon with its history and natural beauties. The first stop is Murano, worldwide celebrated for the glass-making art. You’ll enter in authentic glass furnace to enjoy a demonstration by a local glass artisan that creates a glass artwork in front of your eyes! Then, you will see Burano island with multicolored houses and the delicious local cakes “bussolai”. Enjoy 1 hour free to visit the picturesque island and have lunch. At the end you’ll come back to Piazza San Marco crossing the most charming part of the Northern lagoon.
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A qualified tour guide will reveal some curiosities about the island and explain its interesting history while you enjoy the wonderful landscape sitting on a comfortable Grand Tourism motor-boat. Murano, Burano and Torcello are the most beautiful islands of the lagoon. Enjoy the panoramic boat from where you can take marvelous pictures of Venice and its lagoon
The first destination is Murano, famous worldwide for its glass-blowing art. You will visit a real furnace and see a local artisan create glass artworks using antique techniques. During the visit, you will have the opportunity to buy an authentic Murano glass souvenir.
IF OPTION IS SELECTED Next, this tour will take you to Burano, the island celebrated for its lace-making tradition and for the multi-colored houses. Get off the boat and, after a few meters, you will be in the magnificent main Square of the island. On the right side of the Square, you will see San Martino’s Church which houses the “Crucifixion” painting by Tiepolo, and the famous leaning tower. Walk along the narrow streets and picturesque canals of the island, buy lace products to keep as special mementoes of this experience or go into a pastry store and try local sweets– the “Bussolà” and the “Esse” biscuits. IF OPTION IS SELECTED
Enjoy the audio guide by mobile app to discover the highlights of the Islands: the automatic narration will tell you tales and history of these marvelous islands!
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- It is mandatory to be at the meeting point 10 minutes before the departure time, upon arrival at the redemption location you should present your printed voucher to the representative, once verified you obtain the ticket and can join the tour.
- The tour will not take place in case of exceptionally bad weather, boats are completely covered, the tour operates regularly in case of rain (in these cases it can be postponed the days after).
- 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(254)
It was a long tide in the boat. And the weather was not great. No fault of the guide. Boat was leaking from the roof so unpleasant wet ride home.
Our guide was excellent and gave us background and history of the 2 island communities. The price was good value. There was just enough time to watch the glass blowing demo before we departed for Burano. There was just enough time to get a pizza on Burano before we left. Take the Vaporetta if you want to have enough time to explore both islands with plenty of time. It would have been better if we had more time to explore.
Very nice tour of the two islands with time to explore we also added on tapas and wine for two
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This was our first time to Venice si we wanted to see Murano, Burano, and Torcello. This was a lovely tour. It said small group, and we did end up breaking into small groups but all in all, there were over 89 people on the boat. The glass-blowing demonstration was fun to watch in Murano. The colored buildings in Burano were beautiful and bright! The medieval feel in Torcello was true to its claim. I would do it again and I would come in the summer. It is the end of March and it is 50° F.
Very attentive guides, boat in excellent state of preservation. Audio devices working well. I really liked the experience.
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Overall it was fine, but it could have been much better if the organization was different. We waited a long time to leave; in Murano there is no time to walk as after the visit to the factory there are just 10 minutes free. In the case of choosing the Torcello ride, Burano time is saved instead of doing different groups. Hire the Civitatis tour and it is the first time an activity does not meet expectations. I must point out that the guide, Gaia, was very friendly, fluent in Spanish and was very attentive.
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Excellent experience in visiting Murano and Burano! Especially the glass demonstration we saw! I highly recommend.
Dear guest, thanks a lot for the positive feedback and for choosing us. We are glad to hear that everything went well and we hope to see you again in Venice very soon! Best regards, Lucrezia - Venice Tours
Best part was the lovely boat ride! Very knowledgeable well-spoken guide. The visit to the glass work demonstration far inferior to Waterford in Ireland. Only 15 minutes, then “exit thru the gift shop”. Burano lace was a waste of time, barely a demonstration and shop shop shop.
Amazing Venice Islands Tour! We had a great time on the Venice Islands Cruise: Murano Glass and Rainbow Burano with City Tours CO. LTD. Our guide, Ilaria was friendly, knowledgeable and made the day so enjoyable. We learned a lot about Venice and its nearby islands. The glassblowing demo in Murano was fascinating and we loved visiting Burano…especially tasting the delicious Bussolai cookies! A fun and memorable experience — we highly recommend this tour and Ilaria ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We visited three islands off Venice. In Murano we saw a glassblowing demonstration and walked around. In Burano we saw lace and all the beautiful houses and canals. And in Torcello we explored the beautiful island. On the boat the guides explained the history etc. one of our favorite activities in Italy
