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Burano Island
Welcome to the new portal about Burano, the coloured island of lace. Home of big artists like Baldassarre Galuppi and Remigio Barbaro, as well as inspirer of Arte Buranella.
Through the left-sided menu you can navigate the contents of this site. Here you can find historical, tourist and cultural information, but also answers to your questions, as:
Where is Burano?
Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon, 11 Km northeastern far from Murano and Venice, to which it is connected by the Canale Bisatto - Canale Carbonera - Scomenzera San Giacomo's trail: this route takes 45 minutes by boat. This island is easily reachable also from Treporti (10 minutes) and Punta Sabbioni (30 minutes), two Cavallino-Treporti's resorts which overlook on the lagoon. Today in Burano there are around 3000 inhabitants.
Why the houses are coloured?
The different colours of Burano's houses, which today rappresent the our island main feature, at a previous time was useful to delimit the properties. However there legends related to them.
What are the major activities in this island?
Once time ago fishing was the main job in Burano, while today is tourism besides retail trade and restaurants.
Does handcraft exists in Burano?
Burano is very famous for its lace. However on the island there is a production of venetian masks and many people work in the nearest Murano, creating precoius glass objects. A detailed section about shops will be very useful for you to plan your shopping.
Where can I eat?
Isoladiburano.it set a section in which you can find information about both restaurants and pubs where to snack.
Where can I find accommodation?
We offer a section about accommodation which will follow you to choose the fitter resort for your holidays. A lot of hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts and apartments are available in Burano, Mazzorbo, Torcello, Murano, Venice, Mestre, Cavallino Treporti, Jesolo and even Abano Terme
IsoladiBurano.it and all the inhabitants of Burano wish you a good navigation ....and they hope that it will become a real holiday in our places.