Murano & BuranoIslands Tours

Murano & Burano Gallery

The furnace, the pavement, the painted fondamenta and the lagoon crossing between them — what a half-day out of Venice actually looks like.

Visitors crossing a wooden bridge over a Burano canal lined with yellow, green and pink houses
Visitors crossing a wooden bridge over a Burano canal lined with yellow, green and pink houses
Murano's Canal Grande with brick palazzi on both banks and small boats moored along the fondamenta
Murano's Canal Grande with brick palazzi on both banks and small boats moored along the fondamenta
A glassmaker working at the open mouth of a furnace inside a Murano glassworks
A glassmaker working at the open mouth of a furnace inside a Murano glassworks
Lace and linen stalls on Burano's main street with the leaning campanile of San Martino behind
Lace and linen stalls on Burano's main street with the leaning campanile of San Martino behind
A Burano canal curving past a low brick bridge, with a cafe parasol and moored boats along the quay
A Burano canal curving past a low brick bridge, with a cafe parasol and moored boats along the quay
A glassblower shaping a piece at the furnace while a seated audience watches the demonstration
A glassblower shaping a piece at the furnace while a seated audience watches the demonstration
A row of white, orange, mint and pink houses facing a Burano canal beside an open square
A row of white, orange, mint and pink houses facing a Burano canal beside an open square
Two finished Murano chandeliers hanging above the working floor of a glassworks
Two finished Murano chandeliers hanging above the working floor of a glassworks
Fringed parasols over a canal-side restaurant beneath bright green and red Burano houses
Fringed parasols over a canal-side restaurant beneath bright green and red Burano houses
A Burano canal lined with moored boats looking out to the open Venetian Lagoon
A Burano canal lined with moored boats looking out to the open Venetian Lagoon
A hand-painted Little Glass Factory sign outside a Murano glass shop hung with bead necklaces
A hand-painted Little Glass Factory sign outside a Murano glass shop hung with bead necklaces
Visitors walking Burano's fondamenta past souvenir and lace stalls under white awnings
Visitors walking Burano's fondamenta past souvenir and lace stalls under white awnings
An orange house and a blue house standing side by side on a Burano square under a clear sky
An orange house and a blue house standing side by side on a Burano square under a clear sky
A varnished wooden water taxi crossing the lagoon in front of the campanile of San Giorgio Maggiore
A varnished wooden water taxi crossing the lagoon in front of the campanile of San Giorgio Maggiore
A quiet paved lane on Burano between a green house and a red house, with a single tree
A quiet paved lane on Burano between a green house and a red house, with a single tree

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