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Murano Glass Factory Private Tour: Experience Master Glassmaking and Unique Works
4.5
8 Ratings
Venezia
Experience the art of master glassmaking on a private tour of a Murano Glass Factory. Witness the creation process, from simple to intricate pieces, and explore a collection of unique works by renowned glass masters in Venice.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Isola San Michele - Journey through the opposite canal where I will share the history of the Venice cemetery.
- Murano - An extraordinary visit to a furnace with over 200 years of history! We will depart by boat, enjoying an aperitif with a complimentary glass of prosecco, followed by a guided tour. A glass factory guide will greet us and explain the glass-making process, from sand to the final product.
- Isola di Murano - Circumnavigation of the island of Murano,
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- On-board restrooms
- Glass of prosecco (18+ upon request)
Additional Information
An Exclusive Excursion. Get a chance to step into a furnace on the Murano island and witness the creation of a single item, from the most basic to the most intricate.
You will be accompanied by a personal guide who will walk you through the glass molding technique, and a skilled glassmaker will exhibit the diverse creations by using the oven right in front of you.
This will be followed by an exceptional tour to a gallery with the finest works of Venice’s top glass masters and an entrance to the store.
Private boat with a capacity of 8 seats.
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Fondamente Nove, 5039
Fondamente Nove
algiubagio front restaurant
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(8 Ratings)
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Mirco
Jun 19, 2024
Real Glass Factory - Amazing place to visite!! Fornace Mocenico has a real production, the gallery is fantastic. Our guide captain Davide explein all glass story in front of a cafe! Top suggest
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M605ruchiarab
Jun 11, 2024
Amazon shopping in Murano - we booked this excursion, experience, in order to discover the history of Murano glass. Davide, on the boat, told us a series of incredible anecdotes about the vicissitudes of the last 1000 years of history. on board his beautiful boat we landed in the Mocenigo furnace, where Cristian welcomed us and together with him without haste and with great passion we bought real piece of art
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Mrpicture82
Mar 21, 2024
Davide love Venice! Is real local - Davide is one of the best guide that I met around the world!! Davide has a very good English and also
He has a new boat to take us around the island!
Grazie millle
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Walter
Mar 6, 2024
Book this with Davide - Perfect way if u want see only Murano, visit one of the amazing glass factory! Davide explain the story of Murano, give us a Guide and he took about a lot of story telling about the island! He take care about u.
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Sandra
Mar 4, 2024
Book this !! - Amazing Glass factory Visit!! Davide on the boat explained the story and when we arrived on the glass factory a private guide tooked all about the lavoration
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Andreadz7519tc
Sep 3, 2023
Book it - pick up is Very Easy, davide is an amazing story telling about the city!! We arrive in Murano, there is a Private an Esxlusive guide that explain and assist for everything: The glass demonstration works for 20/30 minute ! it's more that a show for tourist, it's real life
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Lauren_c
May 31, 2024
Introduction to glass blowing with a hard sell - First I want to say that our driver/tour guide Davide was great. We really liked him. I do feel like the information on this tour is a little misleading. Basically you meet Davide and he drives you over to Murano in his boat. He tells you a little about the city, it’s about a 5-10 minute ride. You then arrive at the glass factory. You are handed off to someone that works there and they tell you about glass blowing and you are able to watch a demonstration of them making glass—which is great. About 15 minutes. You then go up to the gallery and are walked around and told about the beautiful pieces. Then they try to get you to buy pieces. We are taking minimum 35,000 for a chandelier. 1000 dollars for a set of glasses. Very expensive. Which is understandable because it is beautiful. But we were not in a position to buy. And it got very uncomfortable when they found out we weren’t going to buy anything. You are then taken back to the mainland by a different person. The whole experience was about an hour and 15. It was interesting and Davide was great but just beware that if you aren’t planning on purchasing it will get awkward.
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Maryveres
Apr 15, 2024
Glass master a 10, total experience a 5 - The best part of this tour was watching and interacting with the master glass artist. The viewing of the individual works by family was also very interesting. There was a distinct pressure to buy these very expensive works of art and although the staff were friendly and willing to speak a it the families and their specific glasswork pieces, the undertone of sales was always there. What made this experience less than perfect is the required rushing out the door after only 40 minutes. We would have liked to spend a little more time exploring the gift shops where the prices weren’t so high. The experience wasn’t quite what was described as there was no Prosecco r toilet onboard. Again, it seemed very rushed.
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