Murano

Murano: Live from the Island of the Glass Makers

March 30, 2013 by Tony Page

Murano Glass is world-famous, but does the island match up to the Chandeliers? Murano’s reputation as a centre for glassmaking dates from 1291, when the Venetian Doge, frightened that the foundries' fires would destroy the city’s largely wooden buildings, ordered the glassmakers to move to the island. Murano glass is still synonymous with Venetian glass, so Tony and Helen Page decided to see what it was all about... "And now we're in Murano, home of, yes, you're looking at it, glass. … [Read more...]

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Restaurants in Venice

April 13, 2012 by Tony Page

Restaurants in Venice Restaurant Location: Cannaregio Castello Dorsoduro Santa Croce San Marco San Polo Giudecca/Lido The Islands It's important to check that the restaurant at which you're interested in eating is open! Restaurants in Venice do not all close on a Monday, rest days vary, and not … [Read more...]

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How to get to St. Mark’s Square: Venice Guide

April 13, 2012 by Tony Page

How to get to St. Mark's Square from just about everywhere in Venice Let's face it, at some stage every visitor to Venice wants to get to Piazza San Marco, St. Mark's Square, and the truth is that there are little signposts to it from just about everywhere. Unfortunately, Venetian street directions can leave something to be desired, especially if you're just visiting. In a couple of places you can find signs to San Marco facing in diametrically opposite directions! No doubt you can … [Read more...]

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Venice and the Lagoon

April 13, 2012 by Tony Page

Venice and the Lagoon: Introduction An ever-growing range of features, links and practical information to help you plan and enjoy your visit to Venice, including guides to hotel accommodation, restaurants, bars, tourist attractions, city neighbourhoods and getting about. There's a lot here already and we are hard at work adding the sections to complete the menu, so just dig in! See Our Photo Highlights of Attractions Our Venice photo gallery covers not only famous venetian … [Read more...]

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Shopping in Venice

April 12, 2012 by Tony Page

Carnevale Masks shop, San Polo, Venice, Italy

Shopping in Venice Masks, Costumes Dolls Glassware Lace Paper products Fabrics Bead jewellery Lithographs Venice is famous for several local crafts that have been produced here for centuries and are hard to get elsewhere: the glassware from the island of Murano, the delicate lace from Burano (rarely found now, most … [Read more...]

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Restaurants on the Islands in the Venice Lagoon and elsewhere

March 22, 2012 by Tony Page

Restaurants on the Islands in the Venice Lagoon and elsewhere Restaurants on the islands of the Venice lagoon are often not open in the evenings, so be sure to check on opening hours and rest days! Trattoria "Da Romano" Via San Martino Destro, Burano This restaurant has an impressive list of clients, including famous painters and sculptors, singers and musicians and other illustrious names. Trattoria ’Busa alla Torre’ da Lele Campo S. Stefano, … [Read more...]

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Murano and Burano – Venice’s famous islands

May 2, 2009 by Helen Page

Venice lagoon's popular islands: If you only have a short time in Venice and want to explore the islands of its lagoon, the most popular ones are Murano, Burano and Torcello. These three can be covered in the one outing and can be reached by the public vaporetti. The vaporetto ride on Venice's waterways is always fun and apart from being attractive islands to visit, Murano and Burano have things that visitors want – glass products and lace! Murano Murano is actually a cluster of islands … [Read more...]

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Murano: Live from the Island of the Glass Makers

Restaurants in Venice

How to get to St. Mark’s Square: Venice Guide

Venice and the Lagoon

Shopping in Venice

Restaurants on the Islands in the Venice Lagoon and elsewhere

Murano and Burano – Venice’s famous islands

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