Venice Lagoon Islands: Murano & Burano Guided Tour
Description
Enjoy the Venice islands tour in the norther lagoon to admire Murano, Burano and Torcello in all their beauty. (the island you will visit depends on the choosen option). A guided boat tour to the Venetian lagoon to discover these marvelous places rich of history and culture. The first stop is Murano, worldwide famous for its magical glass-blowing art. Here you will visit a glass factory enjoying a demonstration by a local glass master that creates a glass artwork in front of your eyes! Then, you will see the picturesque Burano island with its multicolored houses and the delicious local cakes “bussolai”. Here you’ll spent 1 hour and half free to visit the island. The last stop is the mysterious Torcello with the oldest churches of Venice. Here the Venice Republic was born. During your journey back you’ll admire the beauty of the Venetian Norther lagoon.
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The first stop is Murano, renowned all over the world for its glass making. Murano’s art of glassmaking is considered to be a synonym of preciousness and beauty. You will have the opportunity to visit an authentic glass furnace with local craftsmen at work. During the visit you can buy some local souvenirs to keep as a memento of this incredible experience. Just take your time to discover the lovely island.
Then, this visit will take you to the picturesque Burano: the island world-known for its multicolored houses and celebrated for its unique lace-making art. Do not miss the chance to visit the Main Square and the Church of San Martino with the “Crucifixion”, one of the most famous painting of Tiepolo. You will have time to have an unforgettable lunch on the island. An amazing excursion to live the real soul of the Venetian lagoon.
IF OPTION IS SELECTEDThe last, but not the least is the quiet and sparsely populated island of Torcello, the first center of civilization in the estuary. On these island you can admire the oldest churches of the lagoon and discover how Venice was born!
An unforgettable boat tour of the northern lagoon. You will admire the most famous islands of Venice: Murano and Burano. A multilingual guide will be with you during the visit and will explain everything about the history of the lagoon and its famous local craft productions: Murano Glass and Burano laces. Enjoy the panoramic boat, from where you can take marvelous pictures of Venice and its lagoon
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- It is compulsory to be at the meeting point 10 minutes before the departure time
- The visit could be multilingual.
- 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(741)
Great experience and fair value. Was happy to visit the islands and we enjoyed seeing them. Guides were very nice and informative.
This was a great way to experience the specialties of Venice! The tour guide was lovely, and the glass making demonstration was super cool to watch.
Very inexperienced, disorganized staff. Each of the operators were both late for meeting at the designated spot and for the boat departure. None of the staff knew where the boat was or why it was late. The excursion ended up starting over 40 minutes late. We had to cancel and not attend because of a reservation following this tour. We were very disappointed that we didn’t get to go on the tour, but we really couldn't trust that we would make it back in time.
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Torcello is the best island of the three; not enough time allowed at any of the stops, especially Torcello
Everyone shoud do this trip to these 2 Islands. Did not know what to expsct but realised a truely amazing once in a lifetime experience. Could not fault anything. Professionally run by amazing tour guides. Really glad we did this
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It’s an awesome tour, explore Glass factory in Milano really inspired us with there 700 yrs family business history. Burano also attract with its colourful street's, Delicious Food and shopping for traditional things. Nicole our guide also friendly and cooperative, suggested to operators to provide bater quality headphones for understand things more bater. Sight seeings are also beautiful all over the ride. Overall tour is perfect and highly recommended.
The tour was well planned and the tour guide also very good and informative. There was a little confusion for the meeting point. So better to be little early.
Great experience. We enjoyed the tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable! It was nice to take some time away from the busy city. The islands are beautiful.
Me and my boyfriend loved this tour!! Would definitely recommend to anyone looking to explore murano and burano. Our guide Guila was excellent when informing us about the laguna
Great tour ! Very easy to find the meeting spot , guide was great and very informative. Enjoyed the 2 island visits
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