Venice Private Boat Tour Murano & Burano

Private Grand Hotel, Murano and Burano for 8

Sebastian was a fabulous guide. He is a Venetian and knows the area extremely well! He met us at the hotel and took us to St. Marks to meet the water taxi . We started with a Grand Canal tour and then went to Murano and Burano. We observed the glass blowing process with time for the show room which was like an art gallery. On Burano , we visited a lovely lace shop and had a lovely lunch. The lace shop was a pleasant surprise. Burano is lovely with its bright colored buildings and small shops. Back to the waiting water taxi and to St. Marks and to the hotel. Seba even made us a dinner reservation on the way back to our hotel. Sebastian is very personable and made this day one of our favorites! Highly recommend Sebastian!

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Bait & Switch in Murano and Burano

We paid extra for our party of 5 to make and take home a glass bead each on a trip to Murano. When we arrived, we were told there was a "misunderstanding" and the bead maker wasn't in. So we were told we could each make a different item. My son went first and chose to make a glass. While he was doing that we were told there was yet another "misunderstanding" and that the rest of us could blow glass and we would get to pick a small item to take home instead. They put a blob of glass on the end of a long pole and we each spent 30 seconds blowing it into a glass blob. Then when it came time to select an item, we were told only 1 item for our family, not 1 for each of us. While we are a family, our party was made up of 3 separate families. Then when we went to Burano to see a lace making demo, but there was no real demo. We were taken into a high-end linen store where a lady was sitting in a chair working on something while our guide picked up a pattern and spent 30 seconds talking about what she was doing. Here is what went wrong and why our experience was completely unacceptable: The Glassmaking "Upgrade" Myth The Math Doesn't Work: Blowing air through a pipe into a molten blob takes zero setup, zero technical skill from you, and less than a minute of artist time. It costs the furnace virtually nothing. The "Cooling Time" Trap: Experienced tour operators know glass requires an annealing oven for 12–24 hours to cool without shattering. Offering a drinking cup exercise on a quick drop-in visit without arranged shipping or pickup is a standard tactic to force you to abandon the item. My son was very disappointed he couldn't take home the glass that he made because he was told it had to cool and that it would cost too much to ship. The Extra Fee: We paid a specific $100+ surcharge for individual glass bead making (a controlled, desktop lampworking process that is fast and lets you take the bead with you). Swapping that for a 30-second blowpipe turn and a single cheap souvenir for three separate households is a blatant downgrade, not an expensive bonus. The Burano "Demonstration" Trap Real Burano needle lace (merletto) is a dying art, taking weeks for a few inches. This tour substituted a genuine workshop demo with a quick pitstop inside an upscale retail store where an artisan was seated as a passive prop to encourage high-end clothing sales. A 30-second monologue is a shopping incentive, not a demonstration. We definitely did not get what we paid for.

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Great experience

The glass blowing/making was awesome and our guide did an outstanding job sharing the culture history and landmarks of Venezia.

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Perfection Sylvia was the best quite ever

Don’t miss it The kids loved the experience We had the best time The canal tour was perfect The Murano experience unforgettable The Burano exciting Sylvia the best

Response from the operator: Thank you so much for your wonderful words! We’re truly delighted that you had such a special experience and that everything met your expectations. we hope to welcome you again soon!

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Lovely day in Murano & Burano

This was a wonderful day trip. Through Top Venice, we did an ad on to include the Grand Canal tour, so the whole tour was about six hours. Our tour guide, Monika, was fabulous. While traveling down the grand Canal, she shared interesting tidbits about the palaces and their current/former occupants. In Murano we saw beautiful glass-making and enjoyed the showroom and gift shop. The jewel of our tour was getting spending time in Burano. The quaint village was a pleasure to stroll through and enjoy lunch and a gelato..

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