Top Venice Islands to visit
The Murano Island is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges.
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Are Venice islands worth visiting? If you're spending more than a few days in Venice, take time to visit the top islands of the Venice Lagoon, Italy. You'll reach the islands on motoscafi (water buses) of Actv, the Venice public-transportation company. Allow a full day for the entire excursion, or half a day if you skip San Michele and the Lido. Of the several islands in the Venetian Lagoon, the 3 main Islands are Burano, Murano and Torcello, three of the most beautiful islands near Venice. Though small, each island has developed its own name and fame separate from Venice. Burano island is famous for its colourful buildings and the people of Burano are known internationally for their lace industry. Murano's inhabitants have a reputation as artisans as well, producing world-famous glassware. Torcello was the first of Venice's Islands to be populated, making it home to some of the areas oldest buildings and finest cathedrals. But there are two extraordinary Venice Lagoon Islands, two places of the spirit, which are surrounded by a unique solitude and which deserve a special mention: San Francesco del Deserto and San Lazzaro degli Armeni. These two Venice Lagoon Islands have a very particular charm and beauty. Discover the Islands of Venice!
How to visit the islands? If you're looking to go to Murano, Burano and Torcello you can hop on the vaporetto (ferry) from the Venice San Zaccaria stop near St. Mark's. The trip takes 50 to 60 minutes. We recommend another option: a guided tour with private boat with or without visit to a glass factory (to see glassblowing) in a half-day lagoon trip.
Top Venice Islands to visit
The Burano Island is the most picturesque of the lagoon islands due to the extraordinary colours of its low houses, doors and windows, which look like the work of naive painters.
Top Venice Islands to visit
The Torcello Island is a quiet and sparsely populated island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon. It is considered the oldest continuously populated region of Venice. Today it has 12 inhabitants.
Top Venice Islands to visit
Lido di Venezia in Italian, means beach. And on the Lido the beach is wide, gently descending towards the Adriatic Sea, never unduly crowded because it is distributed along the 10 Km length of the island.
Top Venice Islands to visit
The San Lazzaro degli Armeni Island is a small island in the Venice Lagoon, completely occupied by a Armenian monastery that is the mother-house of the Mekhitarist Order.
Top Venice Islands to visit
The San Francesco del Deserto Island was occupied in 1200 by a community of Franciscan friars who still live inside an austere convent embellished by two XIV and XV century cloisters.