"Your Guide's Favorite Island" (Venice)

I’d guess Burano

Our tour went to Torcello and then Burano, where we had time for lunch and looking around. What amazes me is that Burano is the favorite island of all the guides who do this tour. ;-)

I suspect it varies with the guide, so your idea of emailing her is a good one. If she doesn't respond soon, keep trying. Or you might ask people who have had that guide on previous tours.

Thanks @Jane. I do not have the guide's email, but I do have her name. Is this the place to ask who would have had her?

Yes, and you might want to post under Rick Steves Tours, under the Tips and Trip Reports Heading on the Travel Forum page.

You should be able to email your guide through her RSE account; does anyone here remember the format for RSE email addresses?

It will be Burano almost certainly. Limited mooring space at Torcello, ditto Murano. Unlikely to be Certosa, Vignole, Sant Erasmo, Mazzorbo, Lazaretto Nuovo or San Servolo. Certainly won’t be Poveglia, where landing is illegal; Poveglia, once a lunatic asylum, still retaining sad buildings.
I found it really spooky, our boatman did not alight onto the island.

The travel time sounds right for Burano. Could be Torcello, I guess, but restaurant options are quite limited there, I believe. Travel time to Murano would probably be much shorter than an hour.

If your tour does take you to Torcello, do climb the campanile, probably the only campanile you can climb sans elevator. Externally, it looks like a brick box. Internally, it is a delightful structure, brick arch upon brick arch, and a stair running spirally up the sides. Note at the top where the bell pull ropes have worn put a slot, testimony to centuries of religious habitation.

There a couple of bars on Tercello where you could get a light lunch. Probably not enough time to do Cipriani’s justice though.

I think that with one free day, I would not visit Murano. There is not enough difference between Venice proper and Murano to make it worth doing. Also the line for the vaporetto can be very long.
Consider San Georgio. Elevator up campanile, the Georges Cini Foundation and the glass museum with some great glass.
Then hop over one stop on the vaporetto to the Zitelle stop on Giudecca, and check out the Tre Oci photo gallery if that is your thing.
Or the Querini Stampalia Foundation. Downstairs a very special place and garden designed by Carlo Scarpa, Venice’s best modern architect. Upstairs, the Palazzo, how the gentry lived.
In the Piazza San Marco, north side, 50 metres left from Quadri, the Olivetti showroom, also by Scarpa.
The Osperdale library is worth a visit. A lovely room, interesting displays. The display cases in themselves are stunning.
Walk along the Zattere, have a gelato at Nico’s or an evening drink. Have a bite at Taverna San Trovaso, a great bar.

So, too many things, but you get the idea.

Just another suggestion. Well two, really.
Get a paper map from a newspaper kiosk, about three euro. It may save you a lot of frustrationwhen you get lost (you WILL get lost).

Download the app Chebateo (which boat). It links tonthe vaporetto system. So, plug in say San Zaccaria and San Georgio. The app will tell you which stop to get on (San Marco - San Zaccaria B), Vaporetto Line 2, takes three minutes tonSan G.