Must-see attractions in Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

  • Aerial view of Santa Maria di Assunta cathedral on Torcello island in Venice lagoon, Italy

    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…

  • Church of Saints Mary and Donato, Murano, Italy

    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…

  • Stages of the artisanal processing of Murano glass
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    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…

  • Colourful row houses by canal, Burano.
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    Burano

    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…

  • Torcello island, Basilica and Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Venetian-Byzantine style (639), one of the oldest churches in Venice, and the Church of Santa Fosca (IX-XII century), Venice lagoon, UNESCO world heritage site, Veneto, Italy, Europe.
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    Torcello

    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…

  • Cimitero di San Michele

    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…

  • Museo di Torcello

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Chiesa di Santa Fosca

    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…

  • Murano Glass Museum

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    Museo del Vetro

    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…

  • Museo del Merletto

    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…

  • Isola del Lazzaretto Nuovo

    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…

  • Chiesa di San Martino

    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…

  • Chiesa di San Pietro Martire

    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…

  • Trono d'Attila

    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…

  • Chiesa di Santa Caterina

    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…

  • Beach

    Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

    A small beach near the Torre Massimiliana, with a seasonal bar serving coffee and pizza.

  • Italy, Venice, Certosa island, moored boats

    Vento di Venezia

    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.

  • Faro di Murano

    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.

  • Torre Massimiliana

    Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

    A restored 19th-century Austrian fort, sometimes used for art exhibitions.

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