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

Name: Shared Boat Trip: Glimpse of Murano, Torcello and Burano Islands
Start: 2026-06-03T10:30:00.000+03:00
End: 2026-06-03T15:30:00.000+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.

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.

Online Booking

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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Freddie

This is a great tour to give you an overview of the Islands, there is sufficient time allowed for visits on each and will give you enough information to allow you to decide if you would like to come back to explore them further. It's also a lovely boat ride with plenty of scenery to take in.

3 days ago

Heike

It was raining and there were only a few people on the boat. It was a unique and beautiful trip. We saw so much and learnt a lot too, the trip was definitely worth it, those 4 hours were well used. Would definitely recommend to others.

9 days ago

Samuele C.

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

10 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.

11 days ago

Johnar

For a few hours tour, this experience was worth the price and probably more. I didn't really care about the Torcello island, but Murano and Burano were very enjoyable. No issues with moving from one island to another because everyone in the group was good at keeping with the time.

12 days ago

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.

13 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

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!

14 days ago

Beate

I'd definitely recommend booking in advance. You can calmly order your tour program from home and enjoy your trip once you're there without having to worry about payment or a lack of language skills. The descriptions of the starting/meeting point were very precise.

14 days ago

Bethan

This was a very quick tour (and time could feel very limited for some), but thought that the price was worth it (since you’ll pretty much pay the same if you just buy tickets on your own — but at least figuring out your itinerary would be one less problem). At least I got to see all these beautiful places even for a short time!

16 days ago

Program details changed.

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