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Murano is a great place for a day trip. Especially if you love shopping! They're famous for their colorful glass and there's lots of it to choose from.
See if your hotel offers a water shuttle to the island. You may have to sit through a glass making exhibition (about 15 minutes), but you're not obligated to buy anything. You're on your own getting home, but it's not hard to find a water taxi back. Leave a Comment
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Murano is home of blown glass.
Be careful, when buying stuff as shopkeeper demands mad price. Leave a Comment
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Murano is the island of the lagoon of Venice. This island is the centre of the glass making since the 13th century.
Don't leave the island without a visit to one of the artisan shops to see a demonstration of the glass-blowing technique. You won't believe the masterpieces of glass that can be created. Leave a Comment
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Murano, which is famous for its glass works was one of my favorite stops in Venice. Its quite streets and narrow canals seemed a world away from the crowds of Venice. I would recommend stopping in and watching a glass blowing demonstration, from any one of the big glass shops. Sure they will try to get you to buy something when they are done with the demonstration, but it is worth the sales pitch. Besides, there is plenty worth buying from the artisans. If you are there for lunch stop by one of the many small restaurants, they serve good seafood, at a slightly reduced price than what you would find in Venice. Leave a Comment
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On a recent visit to Venice I sailed to Murano, about a half our ride in a waterbus. Murano is very small and bereft of most amenities such as trattoria (cafe), hotel or even the usual tourist junk sellers. It's also very quiet there.
People on Murano are just focused on their glass making, which is a huge money business for them, and they don't want to use up their time & talents making beads. The big money sellers are huge wonderful vases, statues, sculptures, fountains, chandeliers, life size glass animals, etc.
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The Murano Glass Museum was founded in 1861 when the darkest period in the history of Murano glassmaking had been overcome, following the fall of the Republic of San Marco (1797) and the subsequent years of foreign rule.
Following the fusion of Murano with Venice Municipality in 1923, the Glass Museum became part of the Venetian Civic Museums.
The museum’s collection was further expanded by the addition of the Correr, Cicogna and Molin Collections which include, among other things, the most beautiful Renaissance pieces in the museum. Leave a Comment
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This is just one example of many shrines we saw to Mother Mary while on our visit to Italy. This one happens to be in Murano on a side street. Many have fresh flowers and/or votive candles placed upon them. Being raised Catholic I think it's pretty neat, my wife thought otherwise. Leave a Comment
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This small church was in service when I was on the island, so I didn’t get a chance to see the inside, but I found it to be a perfect fit for the island. It is one of my favorite church exteriors in all of Italy. Leave a Comment
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We did!
It was really interesting to see exactly how they do when creating the Venetians lamps... WOW!
It’s a classic father-to-son work, where the son is a trainee to his father who are the "master" and was trained by his father etc. etc.
The training takes 15-20 years before becoming the "master’s right hand" can you imagine 15-20 years!!!
We went to Murano’s glass fabric where a vase - a very beautiful one, cost 1400 Euro!!! Leave a Comment
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