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

Name: Shared Boat Trip: Glimpse of Murano, Torcello and Burano Islands
Start: 2026-10-01T09:30:00.000+03:00
End: 2026-10-01T14:30:00.000+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.

4 hrs 30 min

Mobile ticket

English

Children allowed

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

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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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What is included in activity

Round-trip boat transportation

Visit to Murano, Burano and Torcello

Free time on each island

Visit to a Murano glass factory

Multilingual onboard commentary

What is not included

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Tour guide

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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

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Raide V.

Very good trip about an hour on each island which was long enough a good tour guide explain about all the islands and surrounding area

3 days ago

Amauri C.

Nice island experience around Venice :)

7 days ago

Zella

Excellent! Super! Hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht! Tolle Orte gezeigt, ganzer Tagesausflug für nur 20 Euro. Wirklich zu empfehlen. Gute Reiseleitung.

7 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!

10 days ago

Dean

It was interesting to visit the islands surrounding Venice. Each island was different in terms of beauty and were all aesthetically pleasing. In murano the main attraction was the glass factory other than that there wasn’t much there. Torcello was more historical but smaller. Burano was the busiest of the three with many restaurants and beautiful scenery. You were allocated about 60 minutes to see each island before your boat left to get to the next island.

13 days ago

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.

13 days ago

Timothyyyy

This is a very easy, no stress trip. The price is very reasonable for the boat ride and the guided history tour in between the islands. We started from the S. L. train station, which allowed us to see quite a bit of the southern side of Venice as we looped around to the St Mark's pick up. We saw a quick glass-blowing demonstration in Murano and purchased several pieces of beautiful jewelry. After a light lunch in Torcello, we made our way to my most favorite island - Burano! Burano was so very charming, with the bright houses, the shops lining the waterways, and the shaded park near the vaparetto stop. Burano offers more than your usual kitschy tourist shops - local artisans there sell beautiful clothing and art that you won't find in Venice. Knowing what I know now, I'd probably skip Murano and Torcello, pack a lunch, and take a vaparetto to Burano and spend several hours there. The 50 minutes given to us was simply not enough time for what this village has to offer.

15 days ago

Kariin

The boat tour was absolutely worth the 20 euro. Yeah, you don't get to spend that much time on the islands, but what do you expect for 20 euro for 4 hours. On Murano you're brought straight from Steeg to a glass blowery and you can watch them make a vase and a horse. Then there's a little time left over to buy the glass pieces they've made. In Torcello you visit the church. In Burano you have about 40 minutes to view at least the main spot on the island. Overall this was a nice trip and the pricing was appropriate.

16 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.

17 days ago

Ute

We enjoyed Murano the most, the glass blowing is stunning. We could have done without Torcello.

18 days ago

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