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Murano, Burano, and Torcello Island Boat Tour: Remarkable Glass Blowing and Lace Making Experience
3.8
62 Ratings
Venezia
Embark on a remarkable boat tour to the islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello from Venice. Experience the art of glass blowing in Murano, explore the colorful houses of Burano, and discover the ancient mosaics of Torcello. Don't miss this unique opportunity!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Murano - 30 minutes of navigation to get to the first island, the island of Murano
Included in the tour:
- Demonstration of glass processing
Points of interest that you can visit independently:
- Murano lighthouse (no additional cost)
- Church of San Pietro Martire (no additional cost)
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Clock Tower (no additional cost)
-Museum of Glass (from € 7.50 to € 10.00 cca)
(possible entrance costs excluded) - Burano - 30 minutes of navigation to get to the second island, the island of Burano
- 2 hours of free time
Points of interest that you can visit independently:
-Piazza Galuppi (no additional cost)
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Lace Museum (from € 3.50 to € 5.00)
-Church of San Martino Vescovo (no additional cost)
(possible entrance costs excluded) - Isola Torcello - 15 minutes of navigation to reach the third and last island of the tour, the island of Torcello
- 1 hour of free time
Points of interest that you can visit independently:
-Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta (from € 1.50 to € 6.00 cca)
-Devil’s Bridge (no additional cost)
(possible entrance costs excluded)
1h and 30 minutes of navigation for the return
What's Included
- Demonstration of glass processing
- Free WIFI on board
- Interesting program
- Multilingual guide: Italian, English, German, Spanish, French
- Pet-friendly tour
- Entrance to the glass factory included
- Informative commentary on board
What's Not Included
- Food and beverages
- Any entrance costs to the Museums
- Everything not described in “Included”
Additional Information
WHEN RESERVING SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DEPARTURES each with specific departure times:
Punta Sabbioni
Railway
Rafts
Saint Mark
Our first destination is the island of Murano notable for its glassblowing industry. We’ll visit a glass factory and explore the island for about an hour.
The second stop is Burano, a fishermen’s island distinguished by its lacework and vibrant houses. We’ll stay here for around 2 hours.
The final stop is the island of Torcello, which marks the earliest civilization of the estuary. We’ll spend around an hour here.
*In case of heavy visitor traffic, the visiting order of Murano and Torcello islands might be switched
THE RETURN TIMING DEPENDS ON THE DEPARTURE TIME SELECTED WHEN BOOKING:
Punta Sabbioni 5pm
San Marco 5.30pm
Rafts 5.45pm
Railway 6pm
Highlights of the trip
Experience a glass factory tour with a live glassblowing demonstration
A multilingual guide fluent in Italian, English, German, Spanish, and French
Pre-planned tour, saves your time
Pets are permitted
- ** as per order of the Port Authority no. 143 of 2016 in particular weather conditions (for example in case of fog) or due to adverse weather conditions, the service may not be regular and we reserve the right to suspend scheduled services
- **on days of significant influxes the order of visits to the islands of Murano and Torcello could be converted
- 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
Location
Piazza della Costituzione
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(62 Ratings)
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Joanf601
May 8, 2024
Nice excursion to Murano - We did the tour just to murano to the glass blowing factory. It was very interesting and we had a chance wander a bit on Murano after the tour
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Karen_h
May 8, 2024
Enjoyable day out -
Great day out. One negative is I Didn’t like been hearded upstairs into shop after glass blowing demonstration only to discover we had to come back down stairs and through another shop to exit. Felt this was unnecessary and not great for the elder people on the tour to be forced to walk up and down the stairs. Also would have loved another half hour at murano to browse the shops. Loved burano and the coloured houses beautiful village. Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse before we reached Torcello making it harder to enjoy exploring
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877yesims
May 4, 2024
Excellent - We made our way to the pier on foot. That day the Pope was in Piazza San Marco and many streets and bridges were closed. We therefore had to take many detours and the ferry we had booked actually left right in front of us at 10.45 am sharp. The ground staff from the provider "IL DOGE" were clearly identifiable and were able to arrange a tour for us on site. The tour guide actually spoke German, English, French, Italian and Spanish, as described. All in all, it was well structured and organized. You could plan a little more time on the island of Burano so that you can eat and see something, there is enough time for either one or the other 😀
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Emily_m
Mar 24, 2024
Lovely day out - We enjoyed watching the glass blowing demonstration in Murano, beautiful coloured houses in Burano, little bit quieter and less things to see and do in Torcello but a good amount of time spent on each island and very friendly people wherever we went. The information says 4 people but it was a boat of more than 50 but that wasn't a problem. About 5 different languages we're spoken by the tour guides and a nice amount of information about the areas was given. Overall, we were glad we went and it was a lovely day out.
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Jeanclaudec336
Mar 24, 2024
Thanks to the guide - A very good memory. And a special mention for our guide, Isabelle, who is professional, attentive and smiling.
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Hannah_s
May 18, 2024
Highlight of the trip! - This was the highlight of our trip! Although it's more of a boat trip than a tour as you couldn't really hear the guide on the speaker in the boat because people were too loud. Even though this was the case, the boat trip was great and very good value to see all three islands in one day. Burano was our favourite and we had a lovely time. Murano was too rushed really. And agree with the other reviews you could skip trocello if you're not interested in history as all that's there is a museum (Though a very lovely one at that).
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Sally_f
Mar 22, 2024
beautiful islands - we booked the 3 island trip but I would recommend only doing the 2 island trip as I felt torcello was not as an interesting island. the other 2 island are well worth a visit
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John_s
May 6, 2024
Poor pick up point instructions - Trip itself was ok, but the instructions about the pick up point were very poor and I had to contact support to realize that 10 min before pick Up we were 700 m off.
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Steven_h
Apr 30, 2024
Forget Murano but Burano is joyful - If glass blowing is not your thing Murano is a complete waste of time as you don't get to anything else on the island. Burano on the other was a delight and worth the boat fare
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Tatiana_s
May 5, 2024
Not expect good service for such amount of money - No needs to spend money for tour, it wasn’t a tour, 100-160 people on the boat , no one could listen any words from tour guide
On the islands tour guide show the departure’s time only, no departure point, neither informed, the name and colour of the boat was changed. We just jumped on next boat from the same company. Little bit stressed, we managed our way back thou
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