Venetian Islands Tour: Murano, Burano, Torcello

Explore Murano’s glass art, Burano’s colorful houses, and Torcello’s history on a guided boat tour from San Marco. Book your Venetian adventure now!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shore Excursion Tour Desk - Gather at the meeting point 30 minutes prior at Riva degli Schiavoni.
    Begin your adventure departing from the St. Mark’s Square area.
    Board a scenic boat and set off towards the northern part of the lagoon.
  • Laguna di Venezia - Departing from Venice, embark on a journey across the lagoon to explore the three…
What's Included
  • Free time in Burano
  • Free time in Torcello if option selected
  • Multilingual guided tour during the boat transfer in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
  • Guided visit to a glass factory in Murano
  • Boat Transportation
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (Optional)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Please bring a packed lunch if you prefer to enjoy more time exploring the island (not included)
Additional Information

Departure from San Marco - Cornoldi. We take you across the lagoon with a sightseeing boat, listen your multilingual guide on board and visit the three most important Islands of the Venetian Lagoon: Murano, Burano and Torcello.
• See Murano Island famous for its glass making since the 10th century
• Visit Burano the island of colorful houses and the…

Location
Riva degli Schiavoni, 4562
Riva degli Schiavoni
Meet the tour staff 30 min before at the "Serenissima Boat" yellow desk located in Riva degli Schiavoni close to the "Ponte della Paglia" on the corner of the "Prisons" and Calle degli Albanesi. The staff will guide you from the desk to the starting point in Cornoldi.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Laurie_p
Oct 29, 2025
Tour by boat - All involved were helpful and professional. It was a great experience traveling by boat and the tour was interesting and amazing.
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Mariaisabel_g
Sep 5, 2025
Un 10 - Nice experience, very friendly staff, well organized, always gets short in time,
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Mackenzie_h
Jul 30, 2025
Great for Transportation to Murano and Burano - We went into this booking aware that it is primarily a form of transportation rather than a formal tour and we were so happy to have booked a dedicated boat to visit the two islands rather than managing the public transportation. Would highly recommend using this service as transportation to visit the islands of Murano and Burano!
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Mackatgaea
Oct 10, 2025
Islands tour - Well organised and timing was accurate. Time to explore some of the islands. Good value for money. A full day’s excursion. Might not choose to visit Torcello if I was booking again.
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Catherine_p
Sep 28, 2025
3 island dash! - You do get to see all 3 islands which would be much more difficult by vaporetto but because you go to all 3 the time is rushed on each one
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Jennifer_z
Sep 25, 2025
Blown glass - Tour guide and sailors were great. One couple was late getting back to Boston in Murano but they waited, which is not the norm. Once you step off boat in Murano you are introduced to the art of Glass blowing. Pretty mind blowing! Lunch was in Burano where all the different Bright colored houses. Torcello, where it all started. Lush wooded island and vineyards abound here. I would have liked more time in Murano to explore more of this island.
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Feltidei
Aug 28, 2025
An excellent visit to the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello - The excursion was very positive both in terms of the organization that respected the schedule and with reference to the exhaustive explanations of the guide Eva. The only observation that is not positive, but that is not up to you, is not being able to visit the Burano lace museum that on Monday, like all museums, was closed.
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George_f
Aug 15, 2025
A nice destination - This is not really a tour, but paid transportation to the islands. We only had about 40 mins in Murano after galas workshop. We had about 1.5 hrs in here. Burano is very nice. We waited for the boat on the sock in 40 degree weather . No shade. Make sure to take sun protection, it was really uncomfortable. All in all., the islands are worth visiting if you are in Venice for a few days . Also, go at least 30 mins early as there is some walking to get to the dock.
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Catherine_f
Oct 17, 2025
It’s great to be able to... - It’s great to be able to see a glass blower do a demonstration and be able to shop however it was difficult to understand the translator aboard the boat trip. Would have been nice to hear descriptions of the islands.
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Gabriela
Oct 1, 2025
Waste of time. I DO NOT RECOMMEND - Not K or we liked it at all. Boring. They say it is a guided tour, and the tour consisted of a boat full of people and was woman explained in 4 languages minimal things. If I speak Spanish ten minutes in three hours is a lot. Just speak with a minimal explanation about some point e.g. that murano has glass making. And you just go downstairs and handle yourself. Walking around trying to understand a story no one explains. The same with Burano, the other island we didn’t even know because they didn’t take us despite being paid, so boring was that we just wanted to come back. A waste of time.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).