Visiting Venice’s outer islands is a popular excursion. Burano is known for its lace and Murano for its glass. While tours include travel on dedicated boats, the islands are served by the regular vaporettos and allow visiting other islands on the way without a tour group. As we visited early in the morning, there were very few other tourists on the islands which made them more special.
We started by visiting the further islands first, knowing that the outbound boats would fill up later in the day. We got off first on Mazzorbo which was connected to Burano. After exploring those, we had a short transfer to the nearby island of Torcello, and had avoided most crowds. We visited Murano last which was bigger and more crowded but had lots of pretty glass.
It was fun walking through the quiet Venice streets in the morning with views like this of Rialto Bridge.Even though the bell tower of Burano’s Saint Martin church was in scaffolding, we could detect the lean from Mazzorbo.The Venissa Estate on Mazzorbo has recreated a vineyard using the traditional Dorona grape.Burano’s houses had pretty colors.A trash boat.An ambulance.We found the traditional food that was on Janet’s list and enjoyed eating it!We watched the lace shops open and Janet enjoyed browsing some fine creations.Bailey enjoyed the shopping on Burano.This bridge on Torcello is one of only two in Venice that do not have sides. Most bridges originally did not have sides with them being added later.The Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta was founded on Torcello in 639 with the current building from 1008.We were the only passengers on the boat back to Burano from Torcello, and our boat to Murano was quiet.On Murano, we noticed a glass oven. After watching for a while, we were told it cost for a demonstration. We had all seen glass blowing before so we’re happy to leave.Glass shaping.The Main Street along the canal had lots of glass shops. Crowds came in waves as boats arrived.Janet enjoyed shopping the pretty colors.Murano was independent before it became a part of Venice. The lion on the top of this pillar represents Venice though you can see the outline of a cockerel, Murano’s emblem, from protests against the Venice take over.As we passed through Rialto on the way back to our apartment, there were several squads of police in riot gear and then we passed this small pro-Palestine protest on the top of Rialto Bridge. I snapped this picture as we walked by quickly without stopping. We were happy to get away from it all!
We had a relaxing afternoon with a nap and a shopping trip to buy bread, cheese, meats, and gelato from the local coop which became a yummy dinner. We took a gondola trip to recognize our final night.
Our thirty minute ride was fun.
It was our final night in Italy. Bailey and Jett went out to explore but Janet and Peter were happy to pack and go to bed!
The following morning, we took a boat to the airport which is such a Venice thing to do.
The ferry dock at the airport.Our plane at Marco Polo airport with Venice in the distance.
Our flight to Houston via Newark was uneventful and about 24 hours door-to-door. It was great to be home and the jet lag recovery wasn’t too bad, but it will be a few days before a “reflections” post on the trip is written.
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