If you're planning on visiting Venice for more than a day trip, I'd really recommend you take a look at doing a day visiting some of the islands - particularly Burano. It was one of my favourite days from our trip and the rainbow island is definitely not to be missed!
Getting to Murano and Burano
To get to Murano and Burano you have a few options, you can book a private tour which will take you to both islands, but they usually mean you're on someone else's timetable, take a water taxi which can be costly, or you can take the public 'water bus'.
To catch the ferry to Murano and Burano, you need to head to Fondamente Nove and catch line 12. It will take you around 10 mins to get to Murano and about 30-40 mins from there to Burano.
As we were going to both islands, we purchased a day ticket for around 20 euros which allowed us to hop on and off as much as we liked.
Murano
As we had a lunch booking in Burano and it was still fairly early, we headed to Murano first for a wander around and to shop for some glass souvenirs. Murano is fairly small, and it looks a lot like Venice, so we didn't feel like we needed super long here. It's definitely worth stopping off if you're on your way to Burano, but I wouldn't plan my day around it.
Apart from more pretty canals and buildings, there's also a glass making factory that you can visit, and lots of glass shops which we loved wandering around. I picked up two glasses to add to my cocktail glass collection - they were quite pricey but it's somewhere I don't think I'd visit again so worth it to me to have some Murano glass that I actually purchased in Murano, instead of going to Anthopologie like usual!
After we were all shopped out we headed to the ferry port to continue our journey to Burano. This was at about 12pm and the ferry was very busy, they only run every 30 mins and we didn't think we'd be able to get on the first one leaving...we did but we were packed in like sardines, which isn't great when its over 30 degrees outside! So remember to take plenty of water with you.
Burano
When we got to Burano we were really excited, the whole island is beautiful and unlike anywhere we'd been before. The colourful houses are so fun and the whole island has really gone for it with the bright colours...Notting Hill who?!
We hopped off the ferry and immediately headed for the back streets. Burano is much quieter than Venice but the back streets are pretty much deserted so you can wander around at a slower pace and really take it all in - it's also great for getting a photo without hoards of people in the background.
We then headed down the main canal on the island, which will take you to Tre Ponti or 'three bridges'. It's technically one bridge but it's split into three and offers up some of the best views of Burano's pretty streets.
After having a wander around, we headed to Trattoria Al Gatto Nero for lunch. We'd booked this weeks in advance as we'd heard it was the most popular restaurant on the island (there's not many either so be sure to book somewhere!) and we didn't want to miss out. It was probably one of our favourite meals of the trip, the staff were so nice, and we were greeted with a great seat for people watching and a complimentary glass of Prosecco! The food was also incredible, I had the best spaghetti bolognese of my life (Burano is a fishing island but I'm not keen on seafood if you're questioning how authentic my meal choice was!) and they also de-boned the fish we ordered infront of us while chatting away.
After we'd thoroughly enjoyed lunch, we headed over the bridge to see the other side of the canal and stopped off for gelato at Gelateria Crema which was also amazing, I had a black cherry flavour scoop and it was one of the best ice creams I think I've ever had.
Overall, I think this was one of our favourite days on our short trip to Venice and I'm so glad I didn't give it a miss.
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