Upon request, the hotel staff organizes a short excursion to Murano,
which is famous all over the world the world for its glasswork. They offer
transportation and they accompany you to the glass factory where a man welcomes
visitors to explain how to blow glass and how to become a glass master. Of
course, when the presentation is over, you have to go to his immense glass
store with its sky-high prices. I suggest buying elsewhere: the prices drop by
half. Anyway, the visit is very interesting. Afterwards, we walk through
Murano; it’s a beautiful day today and we are able to enjoy the island in all
its splendor. We buy jewels and Murano glass souvenirs. After a couple of hours
we reach the lighthouse to take the ferry, (again 6.50 euro) which leads us to
Burano.
Burano, with its multi-colored houses, its canals and its laces hanging everywhere, turns out to be nice and cozy. Burano is really charming, especially at this time, when there are very few tourists. The colors of the houses really brighten up the landscape, which is already lofty on its own. It almost looks like we are in a fairy tale. In fact, as soon as you land there, you have the impression that you’ve just ended up in the Smurfs’ village or in Alice’s wonderland. Every house looks like a canvas. We must note that the City Hall forbids owners to change the color of their houses’ walls, because the island's economy relies heavily on tourism.
It starts to get late and we take yet another ferry, which takes us back to the island of Venice. The boat leaves us at New Foundation and from there we explore another very nice area of the city, full of shops and channels. On our path, we meet several small motor boats, with parents taking their children home from school; something very different from what we're used to! We stop at the supermarket to buy some groceries: tonight we will have dinner at home because we don’t really feel like going out!
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| Murano. 2012 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. |
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| Murano glass processing. 2012 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. |
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| Murano. 2012 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. |
Burano, with its multi-colored houses, its canals and its laces hanging everywhere, turns out to be nice and cozy. Burano is really charming, especially at this time, when there are very few tourists. The colors of the houses really brighten up the landscape, which is already lofty on its own. It almost looks like we are in a fairy tale. In fact, as soon as you land there, you have the impression that you’ve just ended up in the Smurfs’ village or in Alice’s wonderland. Every house looks like a canvas. We must note that the City Hall forbids owners to change the color of their houses’ walls, because the island's economy relies heavily on tourism.
It starts to get late and we take yet another ferry, which takes us back to the island of Venice. The boat leaves us at New Foundation and from there we explore another very nice area of the city, full of shops and channels. On our path, we meet several small motor boats, with parents taking their children home from school; something very different from what we're used to! We stop at the supermarket to buy some groceries: tonight we will have dinner at home because we don’t really feel like going out!
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| Burano, canals and colorful houses. 2012 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. |
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| Burano, canals and colorful houses. 2012 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. |
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| Burano, canals and colorful houses. 2012 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. |
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