These are three islands in the Venitian lagoon, accessed by Vaporetto. Murano is famous for Murano Glass, but we decided to head further out to Burano and Torchello first. Burano is an artist and photographers dream. It's very small and compact and unlike Venice, each of the houses are painted in bright colours. It's almost as if it was built by a Hollywood set designer. Every angle is a winner. We saw about six English passengers on the Vaporetto carrying small beach chairs. We thought they might be going to get some sun, but they were all aspiring artists and sat around the island on their chairs sketching away.
Even the reflections are gorgeous.
The island also has it's own, 'leaning tower'. (Exaggerated by a slight
Dutch tilt)
Burano is famous for its lace and these two pictures were taken by Janine. Men aren't allowed in the Lace Museum! (True)
After an hour or two on Torchello, which has a famous church under restoration and the best looking wedding reception place we've seen, we headed to Murano and the glassworks.
A great day on the water with perfect weather and whilst we bought a few things, we didn't break the budget.
Ciao.
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