Hi everyone! 😊 Does anyone have a good company to recommend for a day trip to Murano, Burano, and Torcello?
I know it’s easy to do on my own, but I’d rather have someone handle the logistics so I can just relax and enjoy the day. I’m looking for something more private/small group, not a big tour, and ideally with a little extra time to explore Murano.
Thanks!
update: We’ll be staying in Venice for four days.
These 3 islands are a wonderful day trip - might be a long day trip because each has plenty to show off. I've never contacted a tour agency or car service myself. Instead, I ask the hotel to do it. Why? They will call someone they know. If anything is unacceptable, you have the hotel to talk to and that may get them to deal with the agent. You could benefit. For instance, a car service was an hour late and we missed our train. The hotel owner was on the phone 5 minutes after the specific pickup time. Since we missed our train, the hotel 'told' the agency to drive us to our final destination . . . for free. I gave the driver a good tip once I found out that it wasn't his fault. The next year I asked the hotel to arrange a car service. They did . . . . and told me they were no longer using the prior service. On time, clean car, personable driver, arrived 20 minutes early. Just a thought.
Thank you for your answer. However, we’ve already booked an Airbnb in Venice for four days, and we’d like to spend one of those days exploring the islands.
I hired Venice Lagoon Tours for a boat trip. Perhaps check their website to see if they offer what you need. Happy travels.
Igor Scomparin at tourleadervenice.com
He is Rick Steves-approved, and I have met with him twice in Venice for personalized tours. He is such a fun character and will make sure you have a great time.
We used Tour Leader Venice for our tour of murano, burano and mazzorbo (not torcello). It was great tour -Igor picked us up directly at our apartment. Very easy and super informative
My advice would be to skip Murano, and visit Burano and Torcello. Murano is not all that different to Venice, other than that there are many glass makers there. If you are not that interested in seeing glass made, then Murano does not hold so much attraction.
Burano is great. If you are going to Burano by vaporetto, get off at the Mazzorbo vap stop, which is the last stop before Burano. You can then walk through a little vineyard and some vegetable gardens, and over a bridge to Burano.
Mazzorbo was once a big deal place, but silting of the lagoon and malria nailed it. Name derivation from Latin: Big Town = Major Urbis = Mazzorbo.
Torcello is lovely. If you walk around the left side of the church, a path takes you to the more quiet prt of the island. Keep walking, and you can feel that you are in history. You can climb the campanile on Torcello, costs maybe five euro. The stair winds around inside what looks like a big brick box, but inside there are multiple arches, it is light and elegant. The climb is not hard, reasonably sensible stairs and quite spacious. The view from the top really tells you how the lagoon works.
Taking a vaporetto gives you more flexibility. Get the app Chebateo? for planning vaporetto trips. It works really well.
