Shared Boat Trip: Glimpse of Murano, Torcello and Burano Islands

Name: Shared Boat Trip: Glimpse of Murano, Torcello and Burano Islands
Start: 2025-09-03T09:00:00.000+03:00
End: 2025-09-03T14:00:00.000+03:00
Location: Venice

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.

5 hrs

Mobile ticket

English

Children allowed

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

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.

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)

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Places you will see

the island of Murano, Torcello, Burano

Activity book period

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Activity languages

English

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Reviews by travellers

4.6 out of 5

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Alfonso R.

It was a wonderful experience, got to see different beautiful islands, completed my experience of Venice, wish we could of had longer on each island.

1 day 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.

4 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!

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

Alfreed

The time on the island is too short. I would have been better to only have two islands in the schedule.

7 days ago

Samuele C.

We really enjoyed the trip. There was enough time in each place to go and explore.

9 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.

9 days ago

Martin

Our only criticism was that we could have done with more time on the islands to enable us to have a meal somewhere.

10 days ago

Larissa

I really enjoyed the tour, but as a minus I would have preferred a little more time, maybe on Murano and Burano, in particular. But we had enough time for a short tour and and some photos in every location. I would recommend this tour to everyone who want to catch a glimpse of these islands.

10 days ago

Alessia

Wonderful experience, in Murano it was interesting to see the craftsman working the glass live, I couldn't help but buy something created by them! Torcello didn't impress me that much. Burano completely in love! The guide was kind and explained everything even as we arrived in the various islands. Too bad for only 45 minutes to visit the islands, with hindsight I would have definitely chosen the 6 hour one! It is worth it. Excellent quality price

10 days ago

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Shared Boat Trip: Glimpse of Murano, Torcello and Burano Islands

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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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