Three lagoon islands by private boat, with a glassblowing demo and optional stop at Torcello.
A private boat around the lagoon from Cannaregio, assisting a glassblowing master in Murano and wandering Burano's colorful streets, with the option to extend to Torcello.
A private lagoon tour by boat, taking in Murano's glassblowing tradition and Burano's colorful streets, with the option to extend the tour to Torcello.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Departs by private boat from Cannaregio, Venice.
Assist a glassblowing master at a factory in Murano.
Wander the colorful streets at your own pace.
Add a stop at Venice's oldest inhabited island.
Your guide walks you back to a convenient point near your hotel.
A private boat around the lagoon from Cannaregio, assisting a glassblowing master in Murano and wandering Burano's colorful streets, with the option to extend to Torcello. A private lagoon tour by boat, taking in Murano's glassblowing tradition and Burano's colorful streets, with the option to extend the tour to Torcello.
The most repeated explanation for Burano's famously colorful houses is that bright paint helped fishermen spot their own homes through lagoon fog from a distance — a plausible story, though historians note it isn't actually documented anywhere before the 19th century, which makes it more enduring folklore than confirmed fact. What is confirmed is the modern rule still in effect today: homeowners must repaint every two years, and any color change needs sign-off from local authorities to make sure no two neighboring houses end up the same shade.
Murano's own identity is built around glass. This tour's stop there puts you alongside a working glassblowing master, watching molten glass shaped by hand at a furnace that's likely been running the same way for generations, before the boat continues on to Burano's lace-trimmed, candy-colored streets, which you're free to wander at your own pace rather than on a guide's clock.
Because this is a private boat rather than a shared ferry route, the pace through the lagoon is set entirely by your group, and Torcello — Venice's oldest and now almost entirely abandoned inhabited island — can be added on as an extension if you want to see where the lagoon's whole story actually began, long before Venice itself existed.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.