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Murano, Burano and Torcello Half-Day Sightseeing Tour
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Murano, Burano and Torcello Half-Day Sightseeing Tour

By Bucintoro Viaggi S.r.l.
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This sightseeing tour allows you to see three islands in the Venetian Lagoon in half a day. Visitors often visit Murano—well-known for its glass-blowing factory—but fewer make it to Burano and Torcello, with their lace-making shops and ornate palaces and churches. The tour also offers two departure times a day, making it easier to fit into your schedule.
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Ages 0-99, max of 85 per group
Duration: 4h 30m
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Live guide: German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
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Highlights
  • Visit three of Venice’s islands in half a day
  • See a glass factory, churches, lace shops, and more without feeling rushed
  • Learn history from a guide you wouldn’t hear traveling on your own
  • Choose a morning or afternoon trip to suit your schedule

  • Tour Leader
  • Visit a glass-blowing factory at Murano
  • Travel by shared motor boat between Venice, Murano, Burano and Torcello
What's not included
  • Entrance fees to Torcello Church
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Board your motorboat to set off across the Venetian Lagoon for Murano. Disembark and stroll around the island with your guide. Stop at a glass factory, where you watch a glassblower create sculptures in a centuries-old tradition. Your guide tells you about the island’s history as the former center of European glassmaking. Visit a few sights around the island, including a church with notable mosaics. Hop back in the boat and move onto lesser-known Torcello, with its ornate palaces and churches. See the excavated ruins of the Church of Santa Fosca baptistery. Your third stop is Burano, known for traditional lace production. Walk past the island’s colorful fishermen’s houses, and visit lace shops and the lace museum. Finish the tour with a boat ride back to Venice.

Start:Multiple meeting point options.
  • Option 1
    Alilaguna & Bucintoro Viaggi -Ticket Office San Marco Giardinetti, Riva degli Schiavoni, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
    Alilaguna ticket office is located at San Marco Giardinetti vaporetto stop, next to the Royal Gardens. Please don't look for Alilaguna office on Google maps. Strictly requested to be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure of the tour.
  • Option 2
    Cannaregio, 54, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
    Please note that the tour departs from Santa Lucia Railway Station 30 minutes before the departure in San Marco. Please exchange your voucher at the Railway Station c/o Alilaguna ticket office located outside the station, at the corner of the Scalzi church 15 minutes before the departure time.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Near public transportation
    • Infants must sit on laps
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 2495ABTOUR2

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Most travellers can participate
    • The time spent on each island is between 30 to 40 minutes
    • 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 experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 85 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

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    Itinerary
    • You’ll have 2 starting options
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    • Pass by
      Laguna di Venezia
    • 1
      Isola di Murano
      Stop: 50 minutes
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    • 2
      Isola di Burano - World Heritage Site
      Stop: 50 minutes
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    • 3
      Isola Torcello
      Stop: 50 minutes
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      Pass by
      Chiesa di Santa Fosca
    • 4
      Trono di Attila
      Stop: 10 minutes
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    • 5
      Ponte del Diavolo
      Stop: 10 minutes
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      Pass by
      Piazza San Marco
    • You'll return to the starting point
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    • Bucintoro Viaggi S.r.l.
      2,658
      Venice, Veneto, Italy
      Joined in February 2011
    • pkabatek
      0 contributions
      2.0 of 5 bubbles
      A little disappointed
      Despite a different description, the Venice Walking Tour was nearly identical to the Unusual Venice Walking Tour that we'd just completed. Not only that, but the guide's accent and stachatic speaking style meant that I was not able to understand anything she said over the microphone. The only time I was able understand her is when I took off my ear buds and she was speaking directly to me. Also standing in several of one spots for what seemed like a long time, listening to narratives I couldn't understand, was quite tiring. The gondola ride was nice & scenic, but it was too short; we wished it was longer, like 1 hr. We would have gladly traded 30 minutes of the tour for 30 extra minutes of the gondola ride.
      Written March 18, 2024
    • nirgovnafets
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Tour great! Gondola... Ok
      5 stars for the tour. The guide was amazing, providing plenty of local and very interesting information. You can tell she was enthusiastic about what she was doing. The gondola ride was... Ok. It felt rushed. They crammed as many on the ride as they could and out you go. Two of the seats in the boat are good and look comfortable but the rest are just small stools that slide around (3 stools). The driver spent the whole time just chatting with the driver of the boat behind us
      Written February 28, 2024
    • Sri M
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fun day
      We had a blast in Venice even though it was a foggy day. Tour guide Ifi is very organized, kind and knowledgeable. The gondola ride is fun too.
      Written February 26, 2024
    • 883kristio
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Good gondola ride
      Decent tour on little side canals. Our gondolier pointed out the highlights along the way. We were looking for something low key and this met our expectations.
      Written February 24, 2024
    • 3SCAnthea
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      A wonderful start to our long awaited trip to Venice
      A very interesting talk around the quieter parts of Venice & a wonderful gondola ride which was delightful . A dream come true
      Written February 24, 2024
    • JohnH2774
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Entertaining and engaging walking tour and wonderful gondola ride.
      Our guide was hilarious, loved seeing the sights and the gondola ride. I would definitely recommend if visiting Venice.
      Written February 12, 2024
    • S8727CXchans
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great tour led by local resident expert
      This was a fantastic way to learn about the Venice, with lots of stories and historical information. Not at all "touristy", does not include top sites but you get much better knowledge of the city. Includes wireless audio so you can always hear the guide.
      Written January 14, 2024
    • 83thalitar
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Back again…
      came escorting a friend from Venice! We had some really good cuisine. The level of service was excellent! The waiter was enjoyable, professional, and had excellent suggestions. Will most definitely come back when I visit again!
      Written December 21, 2023
    • 83thalitar
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great experience!
      This Gondola ride was amazing—so romantic! However, the indoor canal ride did not let me down! Our gondolier was a hilarious man with lots of fascinating anecdotes. Even his lovely voice, which reverberated around the canal, serenaded us. The ideal way to cuddle up with each other and relax our feet after a tiring day of sightseeing!
      Written December 21, 2023
    • troyw590
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Walking tour was slow and somewhat boring but gondola ride was awful
      The guide was a teacher and very knowledgeable but maybe to much information on some of the political points about various things along the tour. Overall she was still very ingaging. Now the bad part is when we were left for the gondola ride the lady showed up 30 minutes late and as a result we had a very disappointing ride in the dark. The Grand Canal may have lights but the 20 minutes not on it were in almost total darkness. It simply ruined my Wife's most desired tour. The lady should be professional and show up on time , 12 people standing in the cold waiting for her to finally appear.
      Written December 11, 2023
    • B5624SFphilr
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Venice walking tour & gondola ride
      The gondola ride made it for me. Walking your was ok but have had much better. However as a package it was value for money and your guide 10.30 sat 2 Dec was very nice
      Written December 5, 2023
    • Eliza K
      0 contributions
      1.0 of 5 bubbles
      Don’t even bother
      This was the worst tour I have ever done. The tour guide was rude to a number of people, would not repeat when people asked because they couldn’t hear, wouldn’t speak up when asked and didn’t wait for the whole group to be at the location before starting. The content was good; however, the delivery was terrible and without any enthusiasm. Tour guides need to be able to make the content come alive. The speed with which we she walked meant at times the group were almost running to keep up with her - luckily there was nobody in the tour that had mobility issues. Also the tour was advertised to be 90 minutes; however was rushed through in 70. I am not sure of the tour guides as she didn’t even bother to introduce herself. The communication sent to the tour operator for directions resulted in a rude response and the lady that issued the tickets at the meeting pint didn’t even speak to us. Very disappointing and I would suggest in what is a service industry that you improve your interactions with customers
      Written December 1, 2023
    • Q8118TKdavidh
      0 contributions
      2.0 of 5 bubbles
      Don't do it
      We went on a 30 minute boat ride. The boat was called a gondola. The driver said nothing. Nothing about the city nothing about history. Couldn't or didn't speak English. Trip Advisor gave bad address no one on the island knew where it was
      Written November 28, 2023
    • Joerosemacgiddz
      0 contributions
      3.0 of 5 bubbles
      Worth the Experience but Be Careful
      A wonderful experience but be prepared to be bold with your driver. It's a must do but they will bully you into a 17 minute ride for 100 Euros (after 7pm) although their sign states its 30 minutes. It's very touristy (WELL worth the novelty of it) but you can easily be taken advantage of.
      Written November 28, 2023
    • Roepollack
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Worth the price
      Great walking tour. Informative and just long enough to not feel like you’ve walked for hours! Ended with an included gondola ride!
      Written November 27, 2023
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    Martin Trampedach
    Skive, Denmark8 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2021 • Friends
    This was the first time we have been in Venice and this trip was a great way to see the surrounding islands and it's different cultures.
    The guide (Francesca B. - ask for her) knew a lot of the history about the many different islands and Venice in general.
    The glass factory on Murano was amazing and seeing the sculptures at work was a great experience.
    Though it was clearly Burano wich was the main attraction with it's many beautiful colored houses and scenery
    Can only recommend!
    Written July 17, 2021
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    dev0n1018
    Lenexa, KS19 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2023 • Couples
    This tour starts off by taking you via the water taxi system to Murano to see a quick glass making demonstration and on to the gift shop. Afterwards you will have about 15 minutes to walk around the island before the water taxi departs for Torcello. Torcello has approx. 7 residents and most of the places were closed when we arrived. You are given 30 minutes to walk the island before the boat departs for Burano. In my opinion, Torcello should be removed from this tour as it’s not worth your time. Lastly you arrive at Burano which is a lovely town with many shops. This stop needs more time than the tour allows. I recommend buying a ticket to visit the islands of Murano and Burano and skipping the trip advisor tour. Lastly, during the boat ride you will have a guide who speaks about the islands in three different languages. It’s difficult to hear what the guide says and it’s too much information at once. People stop listening and start talking because they can’t hear and process the information that is being provided by the guide.
    Written March 9, 2023
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    J M
    Houston, TX12 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    I was very concerned about being late for the excursion based on the reviews. When we arrived at the pier the queue was incredibly long. About 15 minutes after the start time, a small boat arrived. They were unable to load all the passengers. We were informed the large boat was out of commission and were working with a smaller boat. We were informed another boat would be coming for the remaining passengers.

    An hour after the original departure time, 2 water taxis came to take us to Murano. We were greeted on the pier by a gentleman who ushered us into a glass blowing factory where we were given a demonstration and then shown the store. We were told we would have an additional 1.5 hours to explore the island since we would be joining the next group!

    We explored some of the shops and enjoyed our time, returning to the pier at the appointed time only to be informed there would be an additional delay of 45 minutes. Once more after those 45 minutes had passed and still no boat, we were told the boat had broken down and they were trying to get the issue resolved but didn’t have a time estimate.

    We opted to take public transportation back to Venice since we had already spent the entire duration of the planned excursion waiting on boats that did not appear to be reliable.
    Written September 10, 2021
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    holly and harry b
    Southampton, UK7 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2023 • Couples
    Upon booking Venice, we realised how many islands actually surrounded Venice and we knew that if it was possible, we had to check them out. So, we did some research and found that there were tours of each island happening from the docks not far from our hotel. However, as we had left it quite late, most of the tours had sold out before we had an opportunity to book them.

    Then we found this tour.

    Not only was it affordable, it made good for time, only taking up about four hours of the day so that we could still explore and make the most of our short trip to Venice. Originally, it seemed like we wouldn't have enough time to look around, and while more time would have been nice, fifty minutes was a plentiful amount to search each island and explore.

    The boat ride to each island was provided with a tour, with both English and Italian translations, in which we were taught about the islands we were passing and their history. Although it was a bit hard to hear over the chatter, it was still interesting to learn about.

    On the first island, we were immediately taken to watch the art of glass making, an impressive, yet hot technique of making glass. It was interesting to watch how it was done and we were then shown a room full of glass art that was available for sale. While it was out of my price range, I could appreciate the beauty and talent of each piece. Due to the demonstration, we were given less time to explore, but plenty of time to take a look around and buy a snack if need be.

    Our second island was a lot quieter and it felt as if less people lived there, but it was still a breathtaking sight. We walked along the water, passing restaurants and vendors, until we found some kind of historical building. Due to our time frame, we were unable to explore much, but we managed to take in the sights and even watched an accordion player.

    Burano was one of my favourite places visited on the trip. A beautiful and colourful island indeed. We were dropped off and left to explore the rainbow and it was absolutely gorgeous, full of vibrant colours. Each building seemed to be some kind of shop, mostly selling jewellery or artwork, each beautiful to look at - we were even able to spot a cat. Before leaving the island, we managed to find a bit of shade under a tree to relax and keep out of the sun before moving on.

    By the time we arrived back to Venice, we had definitely felt we had seen and learnt a lot about the islands off of Venice. For the price of the tour, I highly recommend it, as you get to not only visit each island, but you learn about them at the same time.
    Written January 3, 2024
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    Pavlo V
    3 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2021
    It's just a waste of time. To begin with, the tour is conducted in 4 languages ​​at once !!! First, a couple of phrases are spoken in Italian, then in German, Spanish, and finally English. Sometimes, when the turn came to English, we already swam the object of the conversation.

    The first stop is Murano. 15 minutes of a truly spectacular glass making show. That was the only good thing about the tour. Then you are given 20 minutes from above to walk, but you do not have time to see anything, but Murano is a beautiful island and I would like to spend more time there. Then you are taken to the island of Torcello. An empty and uninteresting island. You are dropped off and sent alone to the church for the entrance to which you have to pay 5 euros, which no one informed about before the start of the tour. 40 minutes on an empty island. Bravo! Then you are taken to the Burano island where you are also left alone for 40 minutes. Pretty cute little island with colorful buildings. However, by that time you no longer have the mood and desire to look at houses. At the end you will finally be brought back.

    This is the worst and most useless waste of time in Venice. Please do not make my mistake and it is better to take a separate ticket for Murano and Burano. You will get much more pleasure. Find information from the tour (of which there was very little) in Wikipedia. There is much more of it!
    Written October 12, 2021
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    Dear pavlov32, we are sorry to read you were not completely satisfied with our tour. Murano, Burano and Torcello are among the most beautiful islands of the Venetian Lagoon and we understand the desire to spend more time on each island. Nevertheless, our half-day boat tour aims to give only a panoramic view of the life, culture and traditions of 3 islands for a very competitive price (20 Euro!). We think it's a great price for what we offer: private transportation from Venice center, hostess that provides multilingual explanations on board (which for us is an added value), free glassblowing demonstration in an ancient furnace and so on. We also understand that Burano can be the most charming island among the 3, but the other 2 aren't less worthy: Torcello is the first island that was inhabited even before Venice, and Murano has a long tradition in the art of glass making that has made this island famous all over the world starting from the 14th century. You can easily find all this information on our website or by asking to one of our ticket office: the tour is exactly how it is described. Thank you for choosing Bucintoro Viaggi, Best regards,
    Written November 19, 2021
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    Milos P
    Vienna, Austria1 contribution
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2023
    Tour: guide was giving us some information for each island but we couldn't hear half of it because of the other people talking, and the other half because the boat is too loud / speakers aren't loud enough, we could only hear a couple of words here and there.

    Murano: fun experience seeing how glass is blown, prices in the factory are through the roof, there are stores on the island with much lower prices.

    Torcello: relaxing and peacefull but nothing to see in the given time as the museum / tower is at the far end of the island and touring it would stress me to make it back to the boat, and it is not included in the visit so it's an additional cost.

    Burano: nice and cozy town, good for taking photos
    Written March 22, 2023
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    BristolMKH
    Bristol, UK313 contributions
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    Civitalis advertise as a boat trip to Murano, Burano and Torcello from and to Venice taking 6 hours. What you get: trip to Murano where you get shown 10 mins of glass blowing and then you are left for 3 hours. While pretty all Murano has to offer are endless shops selling glass which no way merit 3 hours. Then to Torcello where you get 36 minutes, just time to walk to the cathedral - the only significant feature of the island - absolutely no time to go in it. Then to Burano, a gem, very pretty and deserves much more time but you get just 50 minutes. On the first boat you could not hear the tour guide. On the return the volume was deafening and the guide giggling merrily. The so say six hour trip is nearer 7.5 hours. Completely avoid this trip and the tour company Consorzio Vidali Group which operates the boats. And I have not even gone into detail on the seats that are not fixed down in the boat and are dangerous.

    Civitalis should not be selling this trip without major changes including a new tour provider and competent staff.
    Written April 9, 2023
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    Stephanie C
    9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Friends
    Francesca B. Was our tour guide for this Murano and Burano to her today. She is an excellent guide. We had our own private boat for our group. We had a glassblowing demonstration in Murano and a lacemaking demonstration in Burano and some free time. Very relaxed and we learned a lot.
    Written February 16, 2020
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    Nazi
    Mashhad, Iran5 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    we visited three islands as a tour. murano was nice we visited a glass factory. it had a store inside but we bought same items much cheaper from stores outside the factory. torcello was very down and waste of time. again burano was better with colorful houses and small souvenir stores. the other day we visited Lido island which is very beautiful island with nice sandy beach which I recommend more
    Written August 14, 2022
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    its sueshi
    2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2023
    picking up the tickets were pretty easy; saw that you can book this trip on the spot if you wished; however the dude that came to bring us to the boat loading dock didn't really make an effort to stand out. we were very attentive and was able to find him but honestly, if i didn't know better, i would have missed him and he wouldn't have cared and walked away. he didn't have a list or anything, so i'm sure he didn't know how many people he needed to wait for so once he got 1-2 people, he just told us to follow him and walked away. besides this, the "tour" was definitely worth the money, we got to visit all three cities and had about an hour in each city to walk around & take pictures. the guide gives short brief informations about each city which was nice. it would have been nicer to have a bit more time in each city but nevertheless, the price reflects the trip. wished they had a lace making show like they had the glass making show but no worries
    Written May 12, 2023
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