Murano by Private Watertaxi Including Glass Blowing Demo with Hotel Pickup
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Venice, Italy
- 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Get to the famed glassblowing island of Murano while avoiding the crowds on a one-way private water taxi transfer. Have a chance to explore a 7th–century cathedral in Murano's historical center before visiting a glass factory. Here, you can learn about the skill required to blow glass by watching a demonstration, and you can also peruse showrooms and take advantage of discounts on glassware.
- Get to the island of Murano by private taxi boat
- Take in the stunning views of the Grand Canal
- Enjoy time to explore the historical center of Murano
- Special opportunity to watch artisans create glass objects
What's Included
- Private local guide
- Private way taxi
- Glass factory tour with glass master performace
- 20% discount on purchase in the glass factory
- Hotel pick up
- Private transportation
- Food and drinks
- Drop off
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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Pickup details
PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR HOTEL PICK UP IS INCLUDED FOR HOTELS IN VENICE ISLAND ONLY
Itinerary
Fondamenta Nove (Pass By)
1
Artistic Glassworks Colleoni
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Duomo di Murano Santi Maria e Donato
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Artistic Glassworks Colleoni
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
4
Isola di Murano
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Isola San Michele (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Dress code is smart casual
- Please note that the tour will end in Murano. Return ticket to Venice by public transport is not included. From Murano Faro, you will be able to purchase a public boat ticket to any Venice's destination: San Marco, Train Station, Fondamente Nove, etc.
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- 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
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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We had a wonderful tour we had with Mrs Eleonora who was super friendly and shared so much knowledge we all had a terrific time and would highly recommend to anyone looking for a tour of Murano.
I cannot say enough about Mrs Eleonora who was terrific! Kudos to!!!!!
The demonstration was very interesting and skillful. The glass blowing oven was 1300 centigrade heat dangerous so only completed by skilled workers.
We had a wonderful tour and glass blowing demonstration. Visited the church with beautiful mosaic tiles. Our guide Giovanni was very very knowledgeable and personable .
Our guide was amazing. He met us and walked us around Venice while heading to meet our boat. He knew a lot about the area and took his time giving us the history of Venice. He even went over the allotted time to ensure we got to see and do all the things we wanted to. He even dropped us off at a local restaurant. Great experience.
Guide Giancarlo is a racist tool. Making slant eyed gestures to your Asian guest is unacceptable, particularly if you are a tour guide working for a company with an international client base.
Great time to see and learn about Murano Island, history of the glass industry and see the artisans at work
Giovanni was our guide and he did an awesome job. Friendly, informative, and fun!! The glass blowing is really interesting to watch, but the sales part is a little much.
Our flight was canceled. I asked for a refund and did not receive one. Other than that all our Viator tours have been excellent.
Very informative, great guide. Learned slot about glass blowing. Learned about the difference in quality of the glass
The glass blowing tour was shorter than expected but very cool. The best part of the tour was our guide Clementina! She gets 5 stars! She showed us Murano and told us about its history as well as general fun fact info about Venice! She gave us great tips on attractions, restaurants and where to get a local vibe!
A great trip especially nice to be picked up at our accommodation so not stressing about finding meeting point. Our guide also assisted us in getting the vaporetto pass that we had booked online
Great guide in Aleksander. Picked us up from our hotel and took us to the island where we got a tour of the fabrication of the glassworks and then later bought a couple a glass artworks from them to be shipped back to our address. Got a good discount from them too. Recommended
Our guide was prompt, meeting in the hotel lobby and bringing our group to the water taxi. She was engaging, and fun providing conversation and historical information on the ride to Murano. The demonstration was short but fascinating, providing two examples of items made by the craftsmen. The shop had a wide variety of items for viewing and purchase.
The host and captain arrived on time with the boat. They were very friendly and accommodating. The host was extremely knowledgeable and we learned a lot about Venice from her. More than I ever knew.
The glass blowing experience was very cool to learn and watch but felt like one of the biggest tourist traps i've ever stepped foot in. There was this enormous pressure to buy glass products. Like overwhelming. The stuff is cool to look at but not my personal style nor did I have any interest in any way to buy glass while traveling with children.. lol.. read the room bro.. lol. after an awesome lesson you are led thru a gallery and almost expected to buy extremely over priced glass pieces. I'm a pretty confident and straightforward person and don't really fall prey to peer pressure by any means but I could see how it would feel very uncomfortable to someone who wasn't strong willed. You could have told me that your mom was dying and you needed to sell me fancy over priced glass and I would have said "i'm so sorry to hear, i hope all works out" and still would have walked out without buying glass.. But that's just me. PS i never ever purchase from stores that the sales people or staff don't make eye contact with me. If you want a reasonably priced way to see how glass is made and a small tour of venice, this is a cool one. But know you will almost be expected to buy expensive glass pieces.
The cherry ontop was as we were leaving and saying thank you,
the man tells us " it's so strange, usually people from the US like to buy the glass" i left feeling like ok, next stop please... anything more would have felt like begging to me..
after the glass experience the host and boat captain took us on a little tour and even walked around venice with us. She was so kind. She made it a very good experience for us.
Roberto was absolutely endearinng, his knowledge and charm made the whole experience incredible. The masters at work were fascinating to behold.
Was very good@ learned alot! Wasn't rushed. Very enjoyable the beautiful glass blowing was amazing. !
Our tour guide was Stella. We really liked her , she was very knowledgeable and helpful. The glass factory was pretty cool, ended up getting a few nice things
Giovanni was a great guide, met us right in our hotel lobby and even helped us hail a return taxi after spending quite a while in the shop following the glass blowing demonstration. Such a great experience!
The tour started out great. We enjoyed our guide and tour of the church. We then watched a glass blowing demonstration. When we did not buy anything at glass factory showroom, sales people were rude. They told us everyone buys something. How come we can’t. They proceeded to say you must not like anything. The answer was it’s extremely expensive. We felt so uncomfortable. We had to wait outside. We met another group that toured in front of us and they were waiting outside for the same exact reason they said everybody from Florida buys something, what’s wrong with you. It was extremely disappointing and ruined the entire day. I would not recommend this to family or friends. We went there for the tour and to watch the demonstration. We never let on that we were buying anything.
We had a great morning with Giovanni in Murano! He was an excellent guide, tons of knowledge, and really knows how to tailor the tour to the personality of the group. He also seemed to know almost everyone we passed which was so cool. Our family thoroughly enjoyed learning about Venice and Murano from Giovanni, and found the glass factory tour a memorable part of our trip to Venice! Highly recommend!
Excellent tour. Guide picked us up from our hotel. Was local and knowledgeable about all of our questions. The glass blowing demo and gallery tour was amazing. As was a private tour there was no rush. No presssure to buy but family purchased a beautiful piece we can’t wait to display in home!
Booked this tour to have something to do for the afternoon after arriving in Venice from the US at 10:00AM. We were greeted right on time at our hotel (AC Venezia) by Gianluca who spent time as an Italian attached to the US Navy. He was very personable and had arranged all the transportation and glass blowing tour. Murano was an easy boat ride from the Piazalle Roma and Gian pointed out different islands and landmarks along the way.
Once we got to Murano we were greeted by the hostess for the glass-blowing demonstration with Vetreria Artistica Colleoni (the family-owned glass maker firm). The demo lasted about 20 minutes and was fascinating, with the craftsmen even making a prancing horse in about 2 minutes at the end. The rest of the time on Murano was spent in their showroom/giftshop. It’s also an art gallery of sorts as some of the pieces are amazing works of art. We bought a couple things, but only after the tour did I realize the tour description should have included a 20% discount. We bought a pricey piece (1000€) on special order and some nice earrings (60€). I’m sure I got some degree of discount, since our piece is being specially made and will be insured and shipped in 6 weeks, but I’m not sure it was 20%.
The tour we bought only included 1-way transport and we could have stayed and walked around the village some more. However, Gian offered to use his “skip the line” access on the Vaporetto (same price as if we did it on our own) and we chose to go to Rialto Bridge and walk back to the hotel.
Overall, a very nice tour, although I can see how people could be disappointed by expecting more for the price. Gianluca was an excellent guide.
Up close tour of glass artists at work. Giulia was an exceptional guide. The guide at the glass factory was also friendly but we did feel some pressure to buy and some judgment when we only bought from the “souvenir” room.
Our water taxi was a bit late, but our water taxi was spot on to get us from point A to point B while safely navigating the waterways and our tour was not interrupted. The tour gave us private time with a knowledgeable rep who knew his artists and art masterpieces.
The tour was actually very good. I messed up the transportation to the tour and Viator did an outstanding job of fixing what I messed up. Not understanding the difficulties in moving between islands in Venice caused the issues and we are very grateful for their help. Great job….thank you.
Daisy our guide was FANTASTIC! Full of energy and made our tour so so good. So glad we booked this excursion
The experience on Murano was spectacular! But our guide Clementina made it EXTRA. Her knowledge of history, culture, and command of the English language made it a truly Vincenzia immersion experience.
I think it was Fantastic. I would highly recommend to other travelers. our guide was very knowledgeable.
The glass blowing demonstration was interesting but then the sales person at the glass company was following us closely and trying to hard sell us on very expensive items in the showroom.
The tour to Murano was great. We went to see how an actual glass blowing factory which was very interesting. It would of been great to see more of Murano and its surroundings. We felt the tour was short.
The tour guide was great she was very kind and told us alot of history of Venice and Murano.
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