We visited the islands of Murano and Burano on our second day in Venice.
Murano to see the glass factories, and Burano to see the picturesque fishing village.
We went to St. Marco stop by Vaporetto and then walked over to S. Zaccharia stop (5 minutes walking from S. Marco along the bank). From there, we got #7 Vaporetto to Murano. It took about 20 minutes.
By the way, we got a one day pass the day before, as we had planned to go to Murano and Burano and it was a better deal than buying individual ride tickets. Day pass: 21 Euros per person, and single ride is 7.5 Euros.
When we got off at Murano, we were called out by the person from the closest glass factory to come see their demonstration of making glass objects. It was wonderful to see the glass being blown and made into a fish and a vase. From there, you can browse their shop, which holds innumerable objects made from glass and some were just amazing!
Since our next stop was Burano, we asked directions for the waterbus stop, and it turns out that you pretty much have to walk the entire island of Murano to reach the stop which is right by the lighthouse. :)
We walked by Duomo Ostaire restaurant, and I really recommend this restaurant if you are in Murano at lunch time, because they had the largest selection of veg and non-veg pizzas in all the places we had been to. It was a nice restaurant with open-air seating and nice service and food, and reasonable too.
We got the Vaporetto to Burano from Faro waterbus stop and we were there in 20 minutes.
Burano is very scenic with colorful houses along the canal and it was a sight for the eyes! They have lots of souvenir shops as well, selling lace and pasta and such.
We took the #12 Vaporetto back to S. Marco Square and it took little more than an hour as it made a few stops along with way.
Murano to see the glass factories, and Burano to see the picturesque fishing village.
We went to St. Marco stop by Vaporetto and then walked over to S. Zaccharia stop (5 minutes walking from S. Marco along the bank). From there, we got #7 Vaporetto to Murano. It took about 20 minutes.
By the way, we got a one day pass the day before, as we had planned to go to Murano and Burano and it was a better deal than buying individual ride tickets. Day pass: 21 Euros per person, and single ride is 7.5 Euros.
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| Glass scuplture in Murano |
Since our next stop was Burano, we asked directions for the waterbus stop, and it turns out that you pretty much have to walk the entire island of Murano to reach the stop which is right by the lighthouse. :)
We walked by Duomo Ostaire restaurant, and I really recommend this restaurant if you are in Murano at lunch time, because they had the largest selection of veg and non-veg pizzas in all the places we had been to. It was a nice restaurant with open-air seating and nice service and food, and reasonable too.
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| Fishing village of Burano |
Burano is very scenic with colorful houses along the canal and it was a sight for the eyes! They have lots of souvenir shops as well, selling lace and pasta and such.
We took the #12 Vaporetto back to S. Marco Square and it took little more than an hour as it made a few stops along with way.
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