Venice Islands Day Trip: Discover Murano, Burano, and Torcello

Embark on a captivating day trip to the Venice islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello. Explore the art of glassmaking, marvel at colorful houses, and uncover the origins of Venice.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Laguna di Venezia - A qualified tour guide will reveal some curiosities about the island and explain its interesting history while you enjoy the wonderful landscape sitting on a comfortable Grand Tourism motor-boat.
  • Isola di Murano - The first destination is Murano, famous worldwide for its glass-blowing art. You will visit a real furnace and…
What's Included
  • Visit to a Murano Furnace with a live glass demonstration
  • Visit of Murano Island
  • Lace-making demonstration in Burano (if option is selected)
  • 1 hour and half on Burano (IF OPTION IS SELECTED)
  • Transportation by panoramic boat
  • 1 hour on Torcello (IF OPTION IS SELECTED)
  • Guided tour on board with a qualified and experienced tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick up
Additional Information

Embark on the Scenic Venice Islands tour, a trip designed to let you experience the islands in their natural splendor.
You will embark on a delightful boat journey through a nature-dominated Lagoon, eventually reaching Murano, the renowned ‘glass island.’ This island is famous globally for its glass crafting tradition. Here, you will set foot in a…

Location
Palazzo Cornoldi
Riva degli Schiavoni
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Kostantinoss61
Sep 17, 2024
loved it - What a beautiful tour! Burano is simply amazing wit all the colourful houses and I loved the glass blowing in murano. Will definitely come back
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Karolna_k
May 26, 2024
Nice experience - We were scared how this trip would go but it was absolutely Okay. Not so many people on board, enough time to see Islands. To see Torcello was the only thing I would skip on this trip but at the end it was at least nice walk. Very nice day after all!
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Anna
Aug 18, 2024
Trip to the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello with the company Raphael (Chioggia). - Beautiful day trip to the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello with the company Raphael of Chioggia. Departure at 9.30 am and arrival in Murano at about 11.10 am. Beautiful tour of the lagoon, breaks between islands correct as timing to visit the islands with their wonders! Lunch break in Burano . About an hour to visit Torcello (enough time since there is only the preserved Romanesque Church). Return to Chioggia around 6pm. Lucky as weather (warm but sometimes cloudy!). There are many kiosks for refreshment in the different stages and many delicious shops! To be redone in less hot period !😄🛳️
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320tarah
Jul 21, 2024
Great and well organised tour - Well organised tour! We had a great day on this tour and visited the 3 islands without issues at all. It is a beautiful place!
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Barbarag_r
Jun 19, 2024
Needed more time in Burano - Murano was fun with the glass blowing, but didn't have enough time Burano. The boat did not come to take us to Burano. Had to wait another 40 minutes and then had another tour guide. She was actually better than the first.
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718judithanns
Oct 5, 2024
Lonnnggggg day - This tour was on time and comfortable. We had a nice young lady as our guide. I gave the tour a low rating because she delivered her commentary in I think 4 languages, you couldn’t understand any of it due to a very poor audio/acoustic system. Also, it was a very long day - 6 hours…and 7 hours by the time we were dropped off at the train station. (They charged us 10 euros to go to the train station which they were going to anyway which annoyed me.) Torcello, though it may be of significant historical importance, I could have done without. Take a tour that goes to just Murano and Burano and is not longer than 4-5 hours.
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Monalota
Jan 5, 2025
TERRIBLE! - I booked the 3 island tour and it was the most disappointing day ever! 1. The instruction of getting to the location were not great but we managed to get there okay. 2. The start of your was LATE!!!!!! 3. We were told to arrive at 12.15 for 12.30 departure but they themselves got there much later than 12:45!!! 4. The guide was siting 3-4 languages - Italian, English, French and Spanish. 5. When she was talking we could barely hear what she was saying - it was just mumble jumble 6. The first stop we were on the island for over 3 hours - which was the longest time and whilst enough time to explore - a bit TOOOO LONG! 7. The return pick up was LATE!!!!! 8. This meant the second island Burano - everything was closing as we got there just before 5pm. and we were only there for 1hour - NOT long enough! 9. Since everything was closed we couldnt get hot drinks or even use a toilet! 10. Last stop - pitch black. Most people didnt want to leave the boat as it was cold and it was raining at this point. Again - nothing open - no coffee or use of toilet! Overall - I think it's a waste of time in the winter for this tour. It might be nice in the summer - but i guess thats just a risk you'd need to take.
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Karen_b
Dec 19, 2024
Murano was beautiful.... - Murano was beautiful. Torcello and Burano were not worth it because we got there when everything was closed. The tour wasn’t very well organized. It started at 12:30 in the day so by the time we got to the last to islands it was all dark and we couldn’t see much. We didn’t find the sign of the company organizing the tour so we had to ask everyone around. I would no recommend taking this tour in December.
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Donald_p
Sep 27, 2024
Murano Murano Torcello - To start off we could not understand anything the guide said. She said it in at least 3 languages so fast we couldn’t follow her. Met two other couples who said the same thing. The guide did not seem the least bit interested. It was tell them what I need to and that’s it. I was excited to see the glass blowing as I have watched it on TV. The glass blowing demonstration was about 20 minutes. We had to stand a raised platform. I was lucky as the person in front of me was not tall. I heard others say they couldn’t see. The glass blower made a glass and a horse. Very disappointed as one couple who had been before said they had seats and it was a much longer demonstration. After we were taken into their store. After that we had over 2 hrs at Murano and it was mostly stores selling glass. We spent the time just walking around then sat on a raised brick garden wall waiting for ship. Next stop was Torcello. We had 1 hr there. Asked the guide what was there she mentioned 3 things said there was one road and you couldn’t get lost. 1 hr. was enough. Next was. Burano which was beautiful. Only had 1 hr there although my paperwork said we would be there for 1.5 hrs. We have been on many tours with you but this was a complete waste of money. Very disappointed.
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Diane_k
Jul 24, 2024
Poorly organized - Don’t waste your money on this tour. First, it was very confusing as to which boat to get on because no one there spoke English and the guide was not present. The man who was there was rude and just pointed and wouldn’t talk to me. The “guide” had a canned talk about general info that was basically the info when signing up. She repeated that info for any other language present. I didn’t learn anything new by having the guide. I would still do the trip, but I would just do it using Vaporetto (the water bus). Still go to all places but on your own time where you can stay as long or short as you want.
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