Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Life choices are presented in no uncertain terms in the dazzling mosaics of the Assumption Basilica. Look ahead to a golden afterlife amid saints and a…
Must-see attractions in Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Basilica dei SS Maria e Donato
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Fire-breathing is the unifying theme of Murano’s medieval church, with its astounding 12th-century gilded-glass apse mosaic of the Madonna made in Murano…
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Murano has been the home of Venetian glass-making since the 13th century. Today, artisans continue to ply their trade at workshops dotted around the…
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Since 1861, Murano’s glass-making prowess has been celebrated in Palazzo Giustinian, the home of bishops of Torcello from 1689 until the diocese's…
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Burano, with its cheery pastel-coloured houses, is renowned for its handmade lace, which once graced the decolletage and ruffs of European aristocracy…
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Torcello, the republic's original island settlement, was largely abandoned due to malaria and now counts only around 14 permanent residents. Its mosaic…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Until Napoleon established a city cemetery on this little island, Venetians had been buried in parish plots across town – not an ideal solution in a…
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
La Certosa’s yacht marina complex includes a hotel, an alfresco restaurant-bar and a sailing club, which runs regattas and a summer sail camp for children.
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Burano's Lace Museum tells the story of a craft that cut across social boundaries, endured for centuries and evoked the epitome of sophistication reached…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
From 1468 until the 18th century, this tiny island served as a quarantine station. Merchants waited out their 40-day exile in one of the 100 cells that…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Occupying two buildings across the square from the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, this museum is dedicated to Torcello’s venerable history. The main…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Sixteenth-century St Martin's Church, with its worryingly wonky 53m-high campanile (bell tower), is worth a peek for Giambattista Tiepolo’s 1725 La…
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Convento di San Francesco del Deserto
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Franciscan friars offer free tours of their secluded island home, which still retains some of its 13th-century elements, including the first cloister. As…
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Santa Chiara – The Glass Cathedral
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
There are authentic glass factories on Murano offering cheaper demonstrations and turning out far finer work, but this furnace – housed within a…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Take a pause from glass shopping to check out The Baptism of Christ, attributed to Tintoretto, in 16th-century St Peter the Martyr's Church. The parish…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
This 5th-century marble throne is said to have been used by Attila the Hun when his horde swept south, terrorising the Roman city of Altino. In fact, the…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Literally overshadowed by Torcello's famous basilica, to which it's connected by a colonnaded walkway, this interesting round Byzantine-style church dates…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Mazzorbo's late 13th-century Romanesque St Catherine's Church is the only one of the island's 10 medieval churches to survive. Call in to see its wooden…
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
Murano's white lighthouse only dates to 1934, but it's a distinctive island landmark. It's not open to the public.
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
A small beach near the Torre Massimiliana, with a seasonal bar serving coffee and pizza.
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Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
A restored 19th-century Austrian fort, sometimes used for art exhibitions.
