Torcello, mistakenly called Torricelli by many people, is the most northerly island of the Venetian Lagoon between those ones which are still inhabited and easy to visit. Here live just a dozen people in homes mainly farmhouses, whose only source of income is tourism.

Easily accessible from Burano in 5 minutes with the ACTV ferry (T line), which runs every half hour, Torcello immediately offers an atmosphere of times to its visitors.
Following the long avenue that leads to the square and along the main river, you are immersed slowly in a landscape that seems remained to the period of the late Roman Empire, with a rhythm occasionally fragmented by a colonial-style restaurant.
In the middle of this promenade, about 7-8 minutes long, you will come across the famous "Devil's Bridge", so called because, according to a legend, was built in one night by the devil to win a bet: probably was the lack of protection on the sides (the "shoulders"), and then the feeling that the bridge was built in a hurry, to have influenced the collective imagination of the time.

A little further ahead a second bridge leads to the town square, which is still entirely in clay and gravel and on whose sides some souvenir stalls are lined.

Your attention is immediately caputed by a marble throne at the center of this area, the so-called "Attila's Throne": erroneously attributed to the famous leader of the Huns, probably belonged to the Bishop of Torcello or some officer of the island.
On the left side of the square is located the Palazzo del Consiglio, built in 400 in Gothic style as the seat of government of the island. It, along with the building of the Archives, constitutes the Torcello's Museum, which contains numerous archaeological remains found on the island and coming from the Late Latin, Byzantine and Medieval ages.

The Museum of Torcello is open from Tuesday to Saturday
in the morning from 10.30 to 12.30
in the afternoon from 14.00 to 16.00
It's telephone contact is: +39.041.730761

For information on how to get to Torcello you should visit the page "how to get to Burano". Infact the route to reach Torcello from Venice, Murano, Treporti, Punta Sabbioni or Venice Lido is the same that you undertake to visit Burano.

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

Torcello Accommodation

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Eating out in Torcello

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Where to buy local handicraft products around Torcello

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