Venetian Lagoon Tour: Visit Murano, Burano and Torcello

Great islands! Such beautiful scenery.

Getting a chance to go to each of these islands in a single day was great and we had about an hour in each place to wander a bit, eat and grab any souvenirs if we wanted to. The only frustration was that, when we got to the "meet up point", we were wandering around for about 40 minutes or so trying to find the guide, figure out where we were supposed to be waiting for the boat, etc. It was not very clear at all and we were worried that we would miss the tour. Also, our ticket told us that the trip would be leaving at 2pm but it was really not leaving until 2:30pm. Also their was no English speaking guide and no one at all really to provide any information or history on any of the islands. There was just a boat driver, who was nice but could not speak English, and wrote down a time on a notepad so that we would know when to be back to the boat to head to the next island. Overall it's a pretty cheap trip so still good value for money considering you get to go to each of the islands.

The meeting point was very vague, we got to the place shown on the map and then were clueless where to wait. luckily we met others on the tour and huddled together. The Glass blowing demonstration was amazing, we really enjoyed it, plenty of time to view the showroom and the souvenir shop and a quick coffee. Burano was also great, the coloured houses and the shops were great for pictures but there was so many shops and so little time that we felt rushed and clock watching a lot to make sure we were back at the boat on time. Torcello for us was a waste of time, it was about 15 minute walk down a canal to get to the church ruins and then when we arrived, there was no one around, was like a ghost town, none of the exhibitions were accessible, the toilets were padlocked shut and we ended up buying a drink at a restaurant on the way back just to use their bathroom facilities. We would have benefitted with more in Burano instead.