Venice: Murano & Burano Islands Tour with Optional Torcello Stop
Description
Departure from San Marco - Cornoldi. We take you across the lagoon with a sightseeing boat, listen your multilingual guide on board and visit the three most important Islands of the Venetian Lagoon: Murano, Burano and Torcello. • See Murano Island famous for its glass making since the 10th century • Visit Burano the island of colorful houses and the traditional Burano lace • Get by boat to the historical Torcello island, the "mother of Venice
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Itinerary
Meeting point 30 min before in riva degli Schiavoni. Depart from either the St. Mark's Square area and begin your journey. Board a panoramic boat and leave towards the northern part of the lagoon.
Departing from Venice, we take you across the lagoon for visiting the three Islands of the Venetian Lagoon: Murano, Burano and Torcello. Multilingual live tour commentary provided in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish during the boat trip between each island.
The first stop will be Murano Island, famous for its glass production and picturesque views. Here, have the chance to visit a glass factory and observe a local artist giving shape to a glass piece of art. Let yourself be amazed by Murano Island, but also remember to get back in time to the boat to leave for the next highlight.
The next stop is Burano Island, famous for its colorful houses. Apart from being a paradise for photography lovers, it is home to a long tradition of lace production. Enough free time will be left to stroll around the island and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere that can still be found here.
(If option is selected) Torcello is the last island, known as the Mother of Venice. You have the chance to visit the Basilica, which is one of the oldest in the Lagoon and holds some beautiful mosaics, or maybe visit the museum. If not you can just spend your time walking around this enchanting and very historical island. With eyes full of beauty and camera cards full of memories to cherish, you will then catch your motorboat ride back to Venice.
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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
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Check-in is 30 minutes prior to the booked tour start time
- For all late arrivals or no show, no refund.
- 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(121)
The islands were good and worth the visit. We didn't have enough time on Murano island and if you wanted to get lunch on Burano island then you'd need more time there too. It was a very hot day when we did our tour and it would have been nice if the boat sold cold drinks. Overall the trip was good and the islands were lovely to visit, I'd recommend getting a water bus/taxi to the islands if you want to have more free time there and not feel rushed.
This tour is fantastic. This is all you need to visit the Murano, Burano &Torcello islands while you are staying in Venice. The boat delivers you to each island one by one, with approximately 1.5-2 hours of free time to do your shopping, explore, and walk around. On the way to each island, a multilingual guide tells you some facts and history about them. Excellent tour!
Murano glass demonstration was short but amazing. Burano island with the lace making and restaurants was fabulous
Very professional, well organized, properly informed but in the same time friendly, a pleasant experience, thank you!
Burano was a superb visit could have stayed much longer Muranon was a shepherd visit into a glass blowing demo and then into their gift shop no real time for other activities
Great tour guide and experience. Not enough time in each island, I would recommend the water taxi and move at your own pace.
It was pouring with rain and very windy and we knew the tour was not going to be good but they would not cancel it for us and give us a refund so I’m not impressed at all. I would never go through them again. We had a baby with us and the water was choppy and pouring with rain.
Hello Kelly, Thank you for your feedback. The weather conditions on the day were safe for the tour to operate, the water was not excessively choppy, and the weather improved during the experience with sunshine later in the tour. As per our policy, only the supplier can decide whether weather conditions require a cancellation. Since the tour was approved to operate safely, it proceeded as scheduled. Kind regards, Greetings from Venice
It was the most enjoyable boat ride to both Burano and Murano. We watched a man make a glass vase and horse and bought a glass necklace and earrings set. In Murano we had a lovely walk through the colourful town and shops. Lovely day
Hello Susan, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
Very nice experience especially burano with its colorful houses and lace David is a very good guide to get your guide I highly recommend it
Hello, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
It's fantastic...arrive at the meeting point early to avoid unnecessary stress...the guide and beat staff are very helpful and friendly
Hello Elizabeth, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
