We believe that the most convenient and economical way to get to Burano is by booking one of the boat tours of the Venice lagoon islands suggested by isoladiburano.it, the official website of Burano Island.

As well as being a tour of Burano, this excursion will also allow you to visit Murano and Torcello, its nearest islands.

During the boat trip to the Venice islands a tourist guide will provide multilingual explanations carried out with a microphone.

In our catalogue of Venice islands excursions you can choose also a tour limited to two islands, focusing your time to visit Murano and Burano.

Departures are possible from San Marco, from the Venice Santa Lucia Train Station, from Punta Sabbioni, and from Jesolo (boarding at Punta Sabbioni).

The cost of the round trip is included in the price, as is the seat. And no line changes are required: this makes the journey much easier and more comfortable than the option by public transport.

However below we list all the various options for reaching Burano.

The International Marco Polo Airport, located in Tessera, is connected to Venice and Murano (the glass island) by a private company's motorboat service and a taxi service.

The most comfortable means of transport to get to Venice from Marco Polo airport is by transfer or water taxi, which is also available in "shared" mode and therefore cheaper.

Public transportations

Alilaguna is the direct passenger waterbus service between Murano, Venice and its airport. The ticket's cost is about € 10, but you can also buy it directly on board with a little supplement.

You can download the timetable of links to/from the Marco Polo Airport and the Venetian lagoon's islands, by clicking on the following link:

Once arrived to Murano, if you're going to get to Burano or Torcello, you have to proceed to the "Murano Faro" stop and take the ACTV line 12 water bus which bring to Burano island. Otherwise, if you want to get to Venice or Venice Lido, you can continue your journey on board.

The Railway Station Venezia S. Lucia is situated in Cannaregio, near Piazzale Roma.

Public transportations

The boarding is in front of the Railway Station every 10 minutes.
ACTV's lines (Venetian public transport company) that bring to "Fondamente Nove":

• Lines 1 e N (Nocturne): get off at Ca' D'oro stop and proceed to Fondamente Nove (5 minutes) at the boarding for the 12 line, which connects Venice to Burano
• Lines 4.2 e 5.2: get off at Fondamente Nove stop and go to the 12 line's boarding beyond Donà Bridge. This line connects Venice to Burano in about 40 minutes.
• Line 3 (Murano Direct): get off at "Murano Faro" stop and take the waterbus to Burano at the 12 Boarding.

From Railway Station to Fondamente Nove or Murano you will take about 25 minutes; from here to Burano others 45 minutes.

Simply take the boarding to Burano, Torcello, Murano and Fondamente Nove.

The ACTV public service ferries tickets can be purchased on the various ticket office close to the boardings, in the tobacco shops, or easily online at this page: purchasing Venice transport travel cards.

To visit Burano from Piazza San Marco in Venice, you can use an organized boat tour. The boat trip to Burano takes about half a day, it's cheap, and it will take you through the various islands of the lagoon near Burano, as Murano and Torcello. The half day excursion by boat can be booked online at this page: boat tour to Burano, Murano and Torcello.

If you love the sea and alternative ways to achieve your goals, you probably would like to visit Burano, Murano, Torcello, Mazzorbo and San Francesco del Deserto sailing a boat typical of the Venice Lagoon.
For this reason we have created a section of the site that collects a brief review of our places and some tours to the islands of Venice with typical Venetian boats.