Venice

Venice Murano Island Glass Factory Tour with Glass Blowing Demonstration

Venice, Italy

1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Get an inside look into the centuries-old art of glassblowing with a factory tour on Murano Island, home to the world’s finest artisan glass. Tour the facilities at Colleoni Glass Factory and watch a master craftsman shape molten glass through a combination of heat, blowing and sculptural techniques. Visit the factory showroom to see beautiful finished works of art, and receive a special Murano glass souvenir to take home.

Glass-making factory tour and demonstration on Murano Island
Watch a master glassblower at work during a live demonstration
Browse colorful, finished works of art at the factory showroom
Includes a free small glass souvenir

What's Included

Local guide
Glass blowing demonstration
20% discount on purchase in the shop of the glass factory
Euro 10,00 credit each adult

Transportation to/from attractions

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Vetreria Artistica Colleoni - Murano Glass Factory
Fondamenta S. Giovanni dei Battuti, 12, 30141 Venezia VE, Italy
300 meters distance to Murano FARO Boat station Line 7 from San Marco from 01 April to 02 November and line 4.1 all year Line 3 from train station Santa Lucia or Piazzale Roma car terminal all year

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Meet at the Colleoni Murano entrance 10 minutes before your scheduled time to enter the glass factory for a narrated tour of the facilities. Learn about the history of glassmaking in Venice and the modern production process, then watch a master glassblower create a variety of pieces from molten glass using different techniques.

End with free time in the showroom to collect your small glass souvenir and browse the hand-crafted glass pieces. Take advantage of your 20% discount if you choose to purchase glass items (optional) to cap off your experience.

Vetreria Artistica Colleoni

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Murano

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Vetreria Artistica Colleoni

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Children must be accompanied by an adult
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
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
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Traveler Photos

Reviews

4.0

240 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

We perform checks on reviews

Showing 1-10 of 240 reviews

This particular event - not worth it.

Peter_O, Apr 2024

I suppose my opinion is a little skewed because I'm a glass artist but, this event wasn't worth it. The demonstration was very short and awful. The glass artist made a horse, and it was bad. I could tell he knew that he messed up halfway through and couldn't start over because it would look unprofessional to the audience. Tour of the factory - there wasn't one. We saw a gallery of random work. Some pieces were stunning others were terrible. I never received that free glass piece that was supposed to be a part of the event. I did end up buying something from the gallery. So at least, I got something positive to remember the trip.

✨ FANTASTIC ✨

Angela_C, Apr 2024

It was a NICE experience!! It was really cool both their store and how they make glass (at the top of that it was live so it was super COOL and you will be also amazed by the tour guide’s explanation) Also the people in the work shop are really nice… so yeah I would recommend this place if you want a full experience of Murano!! 🥰✨

Awesome Glass Blowing Demo & Giftshop

Tom_H, Apr 2024

Great glass blowing demo by a master craftsman. In 15 minutes he transformed a lump of glass into a beautiful vase and an exquisite horse. The gift shop is awesome that ranges from affordable tourist trinkets to astonishing creations for the super affluent. Service is professional, educational and unobtrusive unless you show interest in a particular item. Don’t be shy about negotiating a better deal than their “discounted” price.

Great Experience

Janhvi_R, Apr 2024

Was great to see the skill behind how Murano glass is produced and the history behind it. Owners of the factory were very friendly. Definitely worthwhile experience if not seen before.

Water Taxi Not Running due to fog

Judith_T, Apr 2024

The day we were due to go to Murano, the ACTV taxi boats were not running due to fog, so we didn't end up going

A warm place on a rainy day.

ROWENA_B, Mar 2024

The most memorable moment for me was the demonstration of the skilled glassblower manipulating globs of hot molten liquid, which transformed it into solid creative masterpieces.

Felt like a scam

Lisa_A, Mar 2024

It is NOT one and a half hour of tour. We sat 20 minutes with a demonstration of a man blowing a vase and making a horse. That was it. Then we were led to some super luxury part of the store where they wanted us to use store credit. No guided tour. No history lesson. It was over within 30 minutes. Avoid this trap.

Great tour!

Jean_B, Feb 2024

Awesome. The hosts were delightful. The demonstration was very exciting. The showroom was enticing. The price and length of time was spot on. We had a great time.

Unaccommodating and rude

Phoebe_H, Nov 2023

Could not get there on time due to a train being delayed by 90min. Reached out to them over 4 hours before my visit to aswitch my time to an hour later and they didn’t respond until the next day and said “No”. Very disappointed with this service and ending up going to a free tour instead and it was great!

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Dear traveller you made a last minute booking and was 200 miles away Glass master start working at 7 am and could not way for you till 6 pm L

Bravo

CheeWan_G, Oct 2023

Very experience master demonstrate. Ticket inclusive €10 per person to purchase some souvenirs. Thank you

Great glass blowing beautiful

Jacqueline_R, Oct 2023

The glass blowing was wonderful trying to find the place was a little annoying because Google maps always want you to go to the other side of the canal and in the rain it was not fun since it was flooded took us over an hour to find this place but once we got to the Glass place they were wonderful and a great Place see different types of glass blowing.. It was perfect. The glass in this place is exquisite, very talented artist, and are so nice

Beautiful work - such artists

Steve_B, Oct 2023

Set was beautiful. Enjoyed the intimate setting to watch the two masters. There was enough time to get an appreciation for what they do. They made several pieces using dif techniques. Appreciated that we could use our ticket and get a credit on purchase. It was more enjoyable visiting some of the other shops after watching the hands on demo. We felt like we knew more so could compare the pieces.

Great

RAYMONDF_O, Oct 2023

The making of blown glass and viewing all the finished products in the showroom . The staff was very accommodating as well.

Murano Glass Tour!

David_B, Oct 2023

The experience was great! The guide explained the glass process in English, French and Italian as the glass master made the three different pieces. After the demonstration we were guided into the main showroom where there were many great pieces of glass art. As a group several pieces were purchased and will be cherished for years to come. The sales staff were very good and very helpful. However, there was one gentleman that would hover and make you feel very infortable. Would still recommend anyone visiting Murano to book the tour.

Great Demo!

David_L, Sep 2023

We really enjoyed the demonstration. Very beautiful pitcher made. There was a push for sales after. Trip advisor won’t let me leave a review unless I say more than initial 2 comments.

Very skilled artisans

Jason_B, Sep 2023

The demonstration was amazing. The glass masters are so skilled. They made it look so easy like they could do it blindfolded I was blown away (Pun intended)

Perfect spot for a quick...

Samantha_N, Sep 2023

Perfect spot for a quick tour! Live glass blowing. Small group. Make sure you get there a little early to make the group time, and find it. Kinda hidden through a small garden.

Disappointing - book elsewhere

Tracy_P, Sep 2023

Really not worth booking this tour. The guide was more interested in talking about his own experience and getting his black belt with a visitor than explaining what was going on. Then he’d remember to tell us something. Disappointing and it’s all about you buying at the end. Your ticket gives you £ to spend but most is over this value. The skilled glass maker was clearly very skilled but would have been nice to know what was going on. Find a better tour or we heard there was possibly a free one not far away from this one.

Where is this place?

Jesse_G, Sep 2023

Couldn't find the place, so I guess it was a waste of money. I ended up going to a different glassblowing place.

Come look at our gallery

elaine_t, Sep 2023

Time spent watching the glass blowing was to short. More attention was given to the showroom than the glass blowing.

...