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Murano Island Tour: Witness Traditional Glass Blowing at a Renowned Factory
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7 Ratings
Venezia
Experience the ancient art of glass blowing on a captivating tour of Murano Island. Witness traditional techniques, admire stunning glass creations, and explore a renowned factory.
Duration:
4 hours, 20 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Gino Mazzuccato Murano Glass - GLASS DEMO AND ONE WAY BOAT TRANSFER
Guests will be met at Fondamente Nuove to go to Murano by our boat, so the experience will start with a nice boat ride. The driver on board of the boat will hold a Viator Sign. Once at the factory, guests will enjoy a demonstration of Glass blowing and sculpture techniques of production. A representative of the Glass Factory will explain all the different steps of the production and the materials that the glass master uses. After the demonstration guests will visit the amazing collection of Murano Glass artworks housed at the factory. -
Gino Mazzuccato Murano Glass - GLASS DEMO AND ROUNDTRIP BOAT RIDE
Guests will be met at Fondamente Nuove to go to Murano by our boat, so the experience will start with a nice boat ride. The driver on board of the boat will hold a Viator Sign. Once at the factory, guests will enjoy a demonstration of Glass blowing and sculpture techniques of production. A representative of the Glass Factory will explain all the different steps of the production and the materials that the glass master uses. After the demonstration guests will visit the amazing collection of Murano Glass artworks housed at the factory.
At the end of the tour the transfer back will be at 15.45
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Exclusive visit to a Glass gift shop
- Access to Murano Glass artworks collection
- Live Murano Glass blowing demonstration
Additional Information
Explore the craft of glass blowing in Murano Island. Reach Murano in an exclusive manner: board a water taxi from Venice to visit a factory where you can gain insights into the practices of glass making and appreciate the end products.
A demonstration of the Murano glass making by a Murano glass artisan using age-old techniques will be offered. You will witness the Glass blowing method, which is known to be the most established and renowned one, and the sculpture method as well.
A representative of the glass factory will walk you through the various stages of production.
Concluding the presentation, you’ll get to explore the showroom that showcases the grandest collection of art pieces created by the highly esteemed Murano Glass artisans, and you also have the opportunity to browse through the factory’s gift shop.
- 35 Minutes will spend in transportation
- 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
Location
Ristorante Pizzería Da Alvise
Fondamente Nove
Meet a private water taxi at Fondamente Nuove, in front of Restaurant da Alvise. On the boat there will be a sign "Gino Mazzuccato".
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(7 Ratings)
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Diana_g
Sep 22, 2023
Don’t miss this! Great experience! - This was an excellent experience! First a quick boat ride straight to the shop, then a demonstration of the art. It was amazing to see a glass master at work! Deborah gave interesting details of the history of this art.
Then on to see beautiful works of glass art. And in the shop we found many things in our budget. The staff wrapped our items with care and processed a tax refund. Great experience and wonderful hosts!
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Jana_d
Aug 30, 2023
Nice private boat ride and demonstration - The boat provided was very nice and there was two glass blowing demonstrations. Nice to have small numbers so you are not crowded.
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Raymond_f
Jul 28, 2023
Awesome trip! - We were shown how the great Murano glass works were done. Amazing artistry! We met very warm and friendly personnel like Christian and Julie.
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940alann
Oct 28, 2023
Good demonstration. Nice gallery but a bit pricey. - Our second time of visiting Murano. This time it was a special water taxi from the hotel and we were treated specially on arrival - spencial chairs behind a rope dividing us from the paying public who sat on benches. We saw an ornament being blown (impressive) and some chandelire elements being produced. Then we had a tour of a show room. But there is no such thing as a free gift and it felt like a lot of pressure to buy something. We didn't in the end purchase here - we needed some air anyway so walked up the street - and we came across a similar piece by the same artist for considerably less money! We'd been to Murano before so knew about the special galleries upstairs. We love the art, the craftsmanship and have now bought good 3 pieces in Murano. We appreciate the taxi over to Murano but the prices here were just to rich for us. We advice shopping around.
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Jennifer_e
Oct 4, 2023
Gino- Murano tour - Boat trip was lovely
Glass blowing demo was terrific
Showroom- salesman a bit pushy…
Beautiful place!
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Warren_h
Aug 26, 2023
DON’T - This was the most disappointing tour we have ever been on
We we’re transferred from Venice in a taxi on arrival was rushed through a demo with our guide much more interested in his phone than us
Then escorted to his gallery hoping for us to purchase super expensive pieces of glass work
When guide realised we weren’t going to purchase he rushed us through to their shop then made us wait 2 hours for return taxi trip
If I could give this no stars I would
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