Venice

Murano and Burano Islands Semi-Independent Tour

Name: Murano and Burano Islands Semi-Independent Tour
Brand: Park Viaggi
SKU: 25993P8
Price: 23.46 USD
Rating: 4.0 (181 reviews)

Venice, Italy

The Gems of the Venetian Lagoon Murano and Burano islands

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

4 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the Venetian Lagoon at your own pace on a semi-independent tour and cruise to the islands of Murano and Burano. Discover Murano’s rich glass-making heritage as you peek into a glass-blowing workshop, then enjoy free time to take in the rest of the island. Next, grab your camera and set off to admire the colourful houses and serene canals of Burano, one of Venice’s most photogenic spots. Your self-guided tour includes round-trip transport by motorboat, plus multilingual assistance on-board.

Jump off to explore the islands of Murano and Burano
Travel by motorboat and see the sights from the water
Great introduction to Venice for first-time visitors
Semi-independent tour offers greater flexibility

What's Included

Motorboat from/to Venice
Visit a glass factory in Murano
Multilingual Live commentary on board (English, Spanish, German, French & Italian)

Professional guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Riva degli Schiavoni, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy
Riva degli Schiavoni at the corner with Calle degli Albanesi, in front of Hotel Danieli Excelsior. Please check in at the yellow both with the white umbrella.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Laguna di Venezia (Pass By)

Isola di Murano

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Isola di Burano - World Heritage Site

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Please note that no refund will be accepted for no shows or late arrivals. The tour will take place also with rain. In the event of exceptional high tide in Venice or thick fog, the tour might be cancelled by organization and refund will be provided
Please be aware that starting from April 25th 2024 and on certain dates, registration and payment of an access contribution will be necessary to visit the city of Venice. We encourage you to check all the information and procedures for registration or payment on the dedicated website of Comune di Venezia.
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.

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Reviews

4.0

181 reviews

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Nice but could have been better.

Rolf_G, Nov 2022

The glass demonstration is good but very short and we did not see an actual factory. We were thinking it would be more like Waterford in Ireland. The shop was great and the pricing is very good compared with Venice and even online - they can even ship for you.

Burano-a must see!

Andrea_B, Oct 2022

Murano was fun to watch as a master glass blower created 2 pieces. Loved, loved, loved Burano. So much history and beauty. Wish I could have stayed there longer. Only negative is if you visit on a Monday, not all merchants are open for business.

Interesting boat trip

Allison_C, Sep 2022

Burano was a beautiful island and I loved exploring the shops and taking pictures. Murano was pointless and a waste of time. It was more of a stop to promote the glass blowing items from the shop. There wasn’t much direction from the guide of where to go so I would say the tour was fully independent.

The operator of tour is...

Alicia_M, Aug 2022

The operator of tour is Park Viaggi is your company that Viator used and they are so understanding, highly recommend them

Worst seating ever but everything else was wonderful x

Simon_P, Jul 2022

The scenery’s was beautiful and staff were very friendly but the seating has got to be the most uncomfortable part it’s let the trip down for me

Disappointed but partly my fault

Blair_E, Jun 2022

Showed up at scheduled time and ferry already left. Should have been there early but couldn’t find the stand.

Colin_S, Jun 2022

The Islands are very pretty & worthwhile but the "semi-guided" tour was just a short demonstration of glass making at the glass factory. It was fine, but I think it would have been better to take the public transportation boat & spend more time on each island.

Beautiful Sightseeing Tour!

Jan_S, Jun 2022

Great experience and sightseeing!! Highly recommend this for first timers to Venice and seeing Murano and Burano! Such beautiful places.

Great trip with enough...

Gvantsa_K, May 2022

Great trip with enough time. Glass blowing experience was amazing both for kids and adults. Must see islands while traveling Venice.

A bit boring

Smriti_L, Jan 2020

First they will take you to a glass making factory. And I could not really understand the guide's english. Could not even tell when she switched to English. Then, they took is to Burano and left us to have lunch and explore by ourselves for 90 minutes. 90 minutes was not a lot of time!! It took about 40 minutes for lunch, cause everyone came at once!! That left us 25 minutes to wander around, and 25 minutes to get back to the boat!!

Beautiful and peaceful

Marc_H, Jan 2020

This was a great trip. The boat was very clean and comfortable. The guide explained points of interest along the way in 4 languages. The stops on the islands were just the right lengths of time to explore. We had a lovely day on this tour.

Just do it!

Kgerard08, Oct 2019

The tour was fantastic! We felt we had more than enough time on each island and enjoyed it being semi-independent. On the boat ride, the tour guide gave fun facts about surrounding areas. I do want to mention that finding the "yellow booth" was very difficult. We looked for 20 mins and found the booth no where close to the water and three bridges away from entry on the boat (we had to run to catch the boat in time)-so be sure to give yourself a lot of time!

Tourist trap

Maria_P, Oct 2019

A boat takes you to a glass store in Murano where a 10 minute demonstration is made of 2 glass blowing techniques. You have an hour to buy various glass items inside one store that is attached to the pier. There is no exit from this one store. Once the hour is up, you are taken to Burano. The entire place feels like a weird tourist trap. The setting is nice but it's literally boat loads of tourists descending onto one street of shops and restaurants with one hour to decide if you want to eat or buy things. If there was a tour guide giving any insight during the 2 hours spent on the boat...I must have somehow missed it all even though I sat in the main cabin. As advertised I suppose. But very very basic experience with 0 soul.

I would not do it again

squirtlapenna2014, Oct 2019

Way to rushed. An hour on Murano a deter the glass demonstration (he was neat) and basically they let out our in their shop to spend your money and heard you back on the boat and wisk you off to Murano for 1.5 hrs which ASI ally have you enough time to find a place and eat lunch. No time to browse & shop. We went back to both islands the next day with the water bus and spent the whole day eating & shopping & exploring. Get a water bus pass for $20 for the whole day and you can hop on and off as much as you like.

Rushed but ok for the price

Jenny_G, Oct 2019

The tour is OK, not great. As many other reviewers mentioned you do feel very rushed .. I wish I had more time to explore the islands. Murano’s glass factory demonstration was very short and then we left to explore outside right away to get a feel for the island. I’m burano we had some time to get lunch but hardly had any time to explore. You won’t be able to hear the tour guide at all on the boat — the speaker system sucks. Sitting in the rear outer area exposes you to the gas smoke and fumes so watch out for that!! Overall it’s fine if you want to get a feel for the islands without having to navigate the vaparetto system but I hindsight I would have preferred to have a more leisurely time.

Great trip

Nicola_W, Oct 2019

Loved visiting the islands, beautiful day. Have lunch on Burano. Beautiful place just to walk around

Boat Tour

Alistair_E, Sep 2019

Highly recommend this tour, staff were very friendly and helpful. We got to see the glass blowing, lace making and had a lovely lunch on a beautiful island. Weather was stunning, which always helps though.

Great visit with a short amount of time

Jason_M, Aug 2019

Well organised. Ran on schedule. This was perfect excursion to visit the two islands in a short space of time. We had to be leaving Venice that day to travel to Lake Garda, so only had a few hours. Caught the 11am trip and was back in Venice for 3.30pm. Got to see a glass blowing demo on Murano and visit the shop then onto beautiful Burano. Had an hour and half here to catch some lunch, wander and grab an ice cream. Boat doesn’t hang about. You’re late, you’re left behind - which is great so everyone else doesn’t have to hang around. Only thing was the guy on the stall when you sign in didn’t want to be there, but interaction with all other staff was great. Brilliant trip.

Burano good,Murano a tourist trap

Chris W, Aug 2019

The trip over was great and boarding was easy. Murano though was a bit of a disappointment as this did not visit a current glass factory just a disused factory showing one man blowing glass and then a big shop (a tourist trap). You don't get to see the main glass factory or any more of the island. Burano however was colourful and as the pictures show,could have done with more time here however.

Fun Excursion

Dayne_M, May 2019

This was a fun day trip from Venice and a great opportunity to see the islands of Murano and Burano. The glass making demonstration was incredible! We had tons of fun exploring Burano as well.

Response from Host, May 2019

Thank you for your amazing review! Murano and Burano are a must see and we are happy that you have chosen us to discover them. Hope to see you soon! Kind regards, Roberta

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