Boat Tour from Chioggia to the Islands & Transfer from/to Venice

Travel was nice but with child exhausting.

For small children the trip was exhausting and very long because the boat is overcrowded. There would be no special offers for children. In Venice, most of it is not suitable for strollers.

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Not for travelers who want to take their time

We had booked the tour to Murano, Burano and Torcello from Chioggia. If you start from Chioggia (and not Venice), you have to be aware that almost four hours of transfers come ‘on top’. That's what I mean completely free of value, but it just has to be clear. Our boat was in good shape, but on the deck there was no sunshade in the upper area (except for a small cabin). The stop on Murano is quite short and made me think of a coffee trip at first: The demonstration of the glassblower is impressive, but afterwards it went straight to the shop. In fact, however, there was no pressure to sell — except for the tight time. In the best ‘now or never’ fashion I bought two really nice cats made of Murano glass, but would have liked to have had even more time to look. The stop on Burano was again exactly right in terms of scope: We could look at the beautiful colorful houses and also eat a little something. The reason for my average rating is the final detour to Torcello: We had 50 minutes available, which was not enough for anything: In a quick step we got to the church of Santa Fosca, but then we had to turn around again. Unfortunately we could not look at anything. Unfortunately, the time management of the excursion does not fit here. In retrospect, I would have liked to skip this stop and have had an hour more on Murano.

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Inexpensive but long ride

A liitle long but considering Chioggia is 30 mike from Venice ok. It is inexpensive so worth it. Senic on the starboard side

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Gradozzo ulisse

Brandishing Ulysses, amazing. Red with music in dialect. Driver Gloria top. Accessibility to dogs and children in strollers. Excellent company and explanation of the stages.

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Insidecom: bad agency

Bad experience with the agency "inside.com". We bought two tickets for the tour with the name "boat excursion to the islands from Chioggia and transfer to Venice", convinced, then that they would take us to the islands, instead they left us in Venice. After an initial clarification with the staff of the boat "Raffaello" who had guaranteed us a refund, the best came when we contacted the agency, which not only did not refund us, but told us that the ticket purchased was correct, even if from the reservation detail, received after the purchase (via email), it was reported that we would stop in Murano (1h), Burano (2h), Torcello (1h). Absurd! Ruined day.

Response from the operator: Gentile Marisa, ci dispiace sinceramente leggere la sua recensione e che l’esperienza non sia stata in linea con le sue aspettative. Vorremmo però fare alcune precisazioni, già condivise telefonicamente, per chiarire meglio quanto accaduto. All'interno della scheda prodotto da lei consultata sono presenti due opzioni distinte: - il tour delle isole, con soste a Murano, Burano e Torcello - il trasferimento in barca da Chioggia a Venezia, senza soste intermedie. Al momento dell’acquisto, la differenza tra le due esperienze è chiaramente indicata nell’opzione selezionabile. Nel suo caso, risulta che sia stato acquistato il solo transfer, come riportato chiaramente anche nella prenotazione presente nel sistema di Viator e nel voucher ricevuto in seguito all'acquisto. Poiché entrambe le esperienze condividono la stessa scheda prodotto, il voucher emesso contiene informazioni generali relative a entrambe le opzioni. Tuttavia, nel campo “Cosa è incluso” viene specificato chiaramente che le soste alle isole sono previste solo per chi acquista il tour completo. Ci dispiace per l’equivoco e che la giornata non si sia svolta come desiderato. Speriamo sinceramente di poterle offrire in futuro un’esperienza più soddisfacente. Un cordiale saluto, Insidecom Team

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