Wednesday 2nd October 2024.
Day 19.
Again we started relatively early and caught the 9 a.m Vaporetto to Venice. The terminal for the Number 12 ferry to Murano and Burano goes from the opposite side of the island from where we disembark the Vaporetto, it is a 30 minute walk to Fondamenta Nuove.
I purchased a day ticket for the ferries which enables you to hop on and off as often as you like, for 25 euros each.
The first stop was Isola di San Michele which is the cemetery for Venice, The island is divided into sections according to denomination.
Not much further on you come to Murano. Murano since medieval times has been the centre of Venetian glass production, I have read somewhere that it was concentrated on this island so it’s furnaces couldn’t cause fires on the mainland.
The island isn’t just about glass there are some wonderful buildings.
At one point I asked Michelle to stand on a bridge I wanted to take a photo of when a man with a delivery boat reversed down the canal and under the bridge.
Whilst in this cafe we were approached by an Italian lady who lived on the island and wanted to give Layla a treat which Layla very much appreciated. We heard her life story and how she’d lived in the USA always had pets etc she was a genuine Italian grandmother.
After a reasonable time on Murano we caught the ferry to Burano, this took a little longer than the first leg of the journey and the ferry stopped at Mazzorbo, we found out later you could get off here and walk across a wooden bridge to Burano.
The moment we stepped ashore at Burano I felt at home, I loved its colourful houses, it’s wider streets it was peaceful. Burano is tucked away in the northern lagoon, it’s brilliantly coloured houses and lace making tradition are a magnet for tourists who come here for a taste of life in a fishing community.
One building that towered above everything else gave a different perspective depending on where you stood.
Ever since we arrived in Italy I’ve been saying I must have an Italian ice cream and today I achieved my goal.
Despite it raining quite heavily at times we really enjoyed our visit to Murano and Burano and could quite happily have spent more hours there, maybe we will return.
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