Shared Boat Trip: Glimpse of Murano, Torcello and Burano Islands
Spend time in the Venetian islands, known worldwide for their magical landscapes and unique history. See the Murano glass factory, a lace store in Burano. Depart from Piazza San Marco or Santa Lucia train station for a fascinating trip around San Marco. On the boat, a live guide will illustrate the history of the lagoon and the three islands you will visit.
Group
5 hrs
Mobile ticket
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English
Children allowed
Details
Your first stop will be on the island of Murano. Sometimes it is called the "Island of Glass". You will visit one of its famous glass factories and see how glass is made and blown. Then go to Torcello, the oldest inhabited island. Continue on to Burano, admiring the nature and small islands scattered around you. Spend your free time on Burano, a typical fishing island with colorful contrasts and painted chocolate box houses.
Also, note the many pieces of evidence of the famous lace and embroidery industry and try some of Burano's famous homemade cakes. Note that once you're on the ground, it's not a tour. The guide will accompany you to the glass factory in Murano and the lace store in Burano. You will then have time to explore each island on your own.
Know before you go
- Please note that once on the ground, this is not a guided tour. The guide will escort you to the glass factory in Murano and the lace shop in Burano.
- Afterwards, you will have time to explore each island on your own
- Opening hours of the ticket offices can be subject to change due to COVID-19.
- As such, please exchange your vouchers at the point of departure until normal operation resumes
- You will have approximately 45 minutes on each island
- Please bring a packed lunch if you prefer to enjoy more time exploring the island
Live commentary in English during boat ride. Boats have a capacity of up to 100 pax. Live commentary during boat ride can be of up to 4 languages.
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Very good experience.. You can visit the islands separately at a lower cost but I recommend it, especially if you're in Venice for a very short stay. Furthermore, this tour is complemented with a guide.
Joseph D.
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What is included in activity
Boat transportation throughout
Visit to Murano
Visit to Burano
Visit to Torcello
Free time to explore all the islands
Entrance to glass factory
Visit to lace shop
Multilingual live commentary onboard the boat
What is not included
Food
Drinks
Gratuities
Tour guide
Ticket and visit to Torcello Cathedral ( EUR 5)
What places you will see
the island of Murano, Torcello, Burano
Activity book period
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Transport photos
Languages in what activity is performed
English
Directions to meet your guide
Near St. Mark's Square
Photos
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Reviews by travellers
Ashley
We enjoyed Morano but particularly Borano as I could have stay there for a whole day. As others have said, if only we did not have to stop at Torano. Transport was good, but again as others said that the PA was difficult to understand at times. My husband, who can speak Italian, noticed that there was more information given in Italian than in English.
4 days ago
Louise W.
At first it might seem a bit pointless booking this tour as the water bus passes you can buy quite cheaply cover the locations on this tour meaning you can do them at your own leisure, but this tour has some commentary, a boat with plenty of room on it that’s not too crowded or hot, and you’re also not waiting in queues half a mile long for boarding. Perfect amount of time at each location and was back before evening. Beautiful scenery on the way. Overall well worth the price of not having to queue for hours and the comfort of getting a nice window seat, less hassle and much less stress than just using your standard water bus
5 days ago
Samuele C.
We really enjoyed the trip. There was enough time in each place to go and explore.
6 days ago
Kayleigh
Consider this a taste of the different islands. There is not much time spent in any one island to really get a feel. For example the next time we are in Venice we are planning a day trip to Burano. We found that it was good value for the money. The audio system on our boat is worn out and full of static. Needs to be fixed because we could not reaaly here the commentary. They also need to wash the sa last sins from the windows as the glass was clouded with salt stains.
8 days ago
LisaAS
The guide was very competent and the whole staff really nice. It is a bit of a fast paced tour, but you definitely get the promised glimpses in the title! 100% recommended!
8 days ago
Michelle V.
Really worth the money. Instructions not clear about where to exchange voucher for ticket. You do this at the ticket office on San Marco pier. Nice to see the other islands. A little longer in Burano and Murano would have been good. The boat wasn't over crowded and everyone had a seat. Would recommend.
8 days ago
Thomas
The tour for 20 Euro is overall cheaper, than taking the boat to the island, but it also has it's setbacks: First: The information shared by the "guide" can be done without and is hardly understandable. You don't have to see Murano, the visit is mostly included to provide traffic for the overpriced glass stores, which you can't escape. The island Burano and Torcello are beautiful and worth seeing, here you barely have enough time to get a proper impression.
10 days ago
Nancy V.
Great trip for whole family! Kids enjoyed it! Tour guide on boat was also great!
11 days ago
Amanda Z.
Excellent! Was worth it, rather than reach them with public transportation. Price is cheap. Glass factory worth watching - even if you do not care about it. Simply awesome.
11 days ago
LauraQW
It was a highly concentrated tour on the three (probably) most important islands of the Venetian Lagoon. Our guide Francesco went into many important details for all three islands in three different languages. I only wish we stayed more on Burano which was very picturesque!
13 days ago
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