Venice Full-day Boat Excursions: An Insightful Journey through St Mark’s Square to Venice Islands

Embark on a full-day boat excursion in Venice and explore the enchanting St Mark’s Square and the picturesque islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello. Immerse yourself in the rich history and vibrant culture of these unique destinations.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Isola di Murano - Once onboard the boat, you will begin sailing heading to Murano, where you will stop for one hour and 15 minutes. Here you will have the chance to visit one of the island’s glassworks and attend a demonstration of a master glassmaker (lasting about 15 minutes). Alternatively - or to follow - you can walk to the lighthouse or opt…
What's Included
  • Tour of Venice’s Murano, Burano, and Torcello islands
  • Live glassmaking demo at a Murano furnace
  • Multilingual guide available during the boat tour
What's Not Included
  • Entrance to the cathedral of Torcello
  • Lunches and drinks
  • Anything not mentioned in inclusions
Additional Information

On this journey, you will explore the primary islands of the lagoon with ample time at your fingertips. The journey begins at Piers 1, 2, and 3 in front of the Palazzo Cornoldi on Riva degli Schiavoni, 4142. Once aboard the vessel, we set sail for Murano, anchoring for one hour and 15 minutes. Here, you have the opportunity to explore one of the…

Location
Riva degli Schiavoni, 4140
Riva degli Schiavoni
Piers 1, 2 and 3 in front of Palazzo Cornoldi in Riva degli Schiavoni 4142 (4 bridges away from St. Mark's Square, approx. 7-minute walk). Here you will find an assistant who will show you the exact boat.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Michelletb7970yg
Dec 20, 2024
Brilliant - Highly recommend the boat trip to Murano & Burano, great way to see a little more of Venice. Burano is a stunning little island with beautiful colourful houses with plenty of restaurants to have lunch
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Sumani_l
Oct 6, 2024
Great and spooky tour! - Sonia was wonderful! She was very knowledgeable and seemed very passionate about the subject. We enjoyed it alot!
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Megan
Sep 7, 2024
Brilliant full day trip - The best day trip! Full day out to three beautiful islands. Plenty of time to look around and nice places on Burano to stop and eat lunch.
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Shelley_e
Aug 31, 2024
Well worth the price - Well worth the price to visit the other islands of Venice. The boat was comfortable. A good introduction to the other islands for a longer visit next time.
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Q2183numariam
Aug 17, 2024
To be recommended - Beautiful experience.Splendid places.Great organization with the tour operator Doge of Venice.Very good and professional our Guide Serena
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Amanda_b
Aug 3, 2024
Worth it! - Wonderful! I would book again but would only choose 2 islands, Murano and Burano. Not much to see in Torcello.
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P7351vrvirginieb
Nov 15, 2024
Very nice experience - Very nice experience, the guide was perfect but we did not have enough time to visit the island of murano. On the other hand the island of Burano is splendid and you can not miss
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Janice_n
Oct 31, 2024
Good trip, bad start - Best parts were the glass works and Burano. Unfortunately we felt let down at the start of the boat trip as there was not a Viator representative to greet us and it was not very clear on the day where to meet. Between pontoons 1 to 3 wasn't enough, thus this caused panic as we were unsure of which boat was ours or where we were ment to go. We resolved it ourselves in the end by asking lots of different people. St Marc's is very overwhelming when busy and so we suggest a representative is present with an unmistakable flag. Green won't do, needs to ge bright.
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Yvonne_h
Sep 12, 2024
Very nice day - Burano was the best island- clearly very touristy, but fun. Not much to do on Murano after the glass blowing demonstration, but that was cool to watch. Large boat results in large , crowded group inside the room, which had bleachers. Funneled into a large showroom afterwards to buy stuff. Had to ask how to get outside to see more of the island, but there wasn’t much time left to go very far. The 2 women guides were amazing - they spoke 7 languages! On the ship the sound system was very difficult to hear clearly. Torcello was much less interesting- just a few ruins, and a long walk to get to them and back to the ship. The ship had pretty uncomfortable seating; the timing of departures was on time. All in all, a very nice day. If I had to do again, I would skip Torcello.
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L0vran0c
Jul 14, 2024
Pleasant tour after departure from Venice... - The tour went well, with an interesting demonstration of a master glassmaker in Murano and visit to the beautiful Burano; operator on board very clear and kind even if the audio on board was not the most desirable. Precise and timely departures. The only downside is that the yellow dot indicated at Reservation to check in did not exist. Fortunately by calling the number found on the Reservation the operator guided us to the exact point of embarkation. We had booked with dogedivenezia.it that moved away from the indicated pier, empty and at the scheduled time of our departure. When we were boarded on the pier next door instead of the one indicated to me, 15 minutes after the scheduled departure time and on a boat called PINK VENICE that had nothing to do with dogedivenezia.it, to my request if that was the right boat, I had an irritated and rude Response from an operator at the pier, really out of place in such a situation. Apart from this unpleasant episode (unique in our entire stay in Venice) the tour then turned out to be pleasant and with a good value for money.
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