Murano - Island of Glass

Our next stop, after the colorful island of Burano, was Murano, an island known for its glass making.

This is a snapshot from Google maps. Here you can see the bridge from the mainland to Venice which we crossed by train. We then boarded a water bus in Venice which took us to Burano (top right of screen). After Burano we took the water bus to Murano (see center of screen) and eventually back to Venice and the train station. 

       We didn’t stay long in Murano. Although viewing the glass works was beautiful, it was very touristy and expensive and we were exhausted from walking ad shopping around the island of Burano. 

I'm not sure if you can read the tags on the necklaces here, but they are in the high 70's and 80's in Euro. eep! The jewelry was beautiful, however, far out of our price range.  

A large Noah's Ark with many pairs of glass animals

      They were also very particular about pictures, which is why the only ones you see here are ones taken while window shopping and not inside the store.

The centers/squares had glass art. This and the blue picture above are examples of what we saw. 

They seemed to have just about everything you can think of made in glass. 

There were museums and demonstrations of glass making, but we didn't visit those as we were dragging and eager to start the journey home. Murano was a cool place to stop and visit, particularly if glass and art interest you. However beware, it's crazy expensive and touristy, and as with Burano lace, a large amount of the glass likely isn't hand made by local Italians, so be sure to ask before buying it if you're hoping for genuine local craft.