How to get from Venice to Burano. Burano - Italy. Colorful houses of Burano

Venice is not only Piazza San Marco and the streets surrounding it; a single part of the city is also a large number of islands, which not every tourist gets to. Meanwhile, each of these islands has its own characteristics and history. Among them are the most famous and interesting: the island, which is famous for its glass, the island of Burano - for its lace and fabulous atmosphere. Therefore, it was decided to devote our second visit to Venice to the islands of the Venetian Lagoon. We went on our own, without a guide.

Burano Island

Burano is one of the first inhabited islands of the Venetian Lagoon: the first inhabitants came from Altino in 452, hiding from the raids of the Huns. The name "Burano" is derived from the name of the gate of the city of Altino Boreana.

Perhaps this is one of the most striking islands of the Venetian Lagoon, in the truest sense of the word.

canal and colorful houses of Burano

Do you remember the famous pictures from the Internet: where there are colored houses surrounded by water?

Burano street

It looks like the scenery for a fairy tale; they say that the inhabitants of this island are never in a bad mood, just go outside and walk along the embankment.

Such bright colors of house facades are explained in different ways.

According to legends, every fisherman-sailor could easily, even in a drunken state, find his home purely by its color.

But, as elsewhere, guides like to add spicy nuances to their stories.

There are even anecdotal tales that say that before going to the tavern, the heaviest drinking guys had their wives put a mark on their forehead with the color of their house, so that neighbors or passers-by could see off the “hero” if he got lost and couldn’t walk.

Be that as it may, even today local residents (and there are a little more than two and a half thousand people) keep their homes in beautiful shape.

Each house is assigned a specific color and can only be changed with the approval of the authorities.

By the way, the local administration constantly ensures that the walls of the houses do not lose their brightness, and once a year or six months all residents are asked to renew the external painting of their homes.

The street leading from the pier to the main square is lined with cafes and souvenir shops.

cafe on the main street of Burano

In addition to the colorful buildings, in Burano you can see the 16th century Church of San Martin in the main square.

Church of San Martin

Although people began to settle in Burano from the 5th century, churches and monasteries began to be built on the island only from the 13th century.

entrance to the church of St. Martina

Currently, only this church with a sloping bell tower has survived.

inside the church

The church was decorated for the upcoming wedding, so we didn’t go inside.

church prepared for wedding

By the way, the great composer Baldassaro Galuppi was born in Burano, and the main square is named after him.

monument to composer Baldassaro Galuppi

By the 17th century, many monasteries flourished in Venice, where noble families sent their daughters when it was not possible to collect a decent dowry for them to marry.

Burano lace

And it was in the monasteries that lace making became a real art that crossed the borders of Venice and became famous throughout the world.

Burano lace

Since the sixteenth century, all fashionistas and fashionistas have been hunting for lace from this island throughout Europe, an airy weave that fascinates to this day. In one of the shops on the square in front of the monastery sits a real Buranovskaya grandmother, who, despite her honorable age, still weaves lace every day.

Buranovskaya grandmother

Here or in one of the many other shops you can find something interesting to remember this unusual island.

lace shop in Burano

On the square in front of the church is the Museum of Venetian Lace. There used to be a lace-making school here (opened in 1872 by Countess Adriana Marcello), where poor young girls wove lace, mastering intricate techniques.

Burano Lace Museum

After the main square, we decided to walk further along the streets/canals of Burano. We almost got lost, but everything turned out okay and we weren’t late for the boat. But we saw wonderful, cute courtyards.

cute courtyards on the island of Burano

life on the island of Burano

And there's a whole collection of doors

And although it is not good to look into the windows, the windows on Burano are worthy of devoting separate lines to them. Just the cute shoes holding the shutters are worth it!

A short video about the island of Burano

The maximum program also included a visit to Torcello, but we were afraid that the children would not be able to stand it (especially since not all boats come to Torcello), so they sailed past (five minutes from Burano) and went to.

We bought a combined bus + boat ticket for 1 day (25.5 euros) in advance at a tobacco kiosk; it must be validated when you first board the bus.

ticket validation

We arrived at the bus station and took the bus to Punta Sabbioni (those living in the western part of Lido di Jesolo can immediately take this passing bus). Moreover, in the schedule the bus to Punta Sabbioni, which coincides in time with the departure of the boat to the islands, is highlighted in a separate line “Burano, Torcello, Murano”.

bus timetable to Punta Sabbioni

In Punta Sabbioni the bus station is very close to the pier where you can catch a motorbike to the islands. They leave approximately every hour, their other terminal is in Venice at Fondamente Nova. From Venice, boats depart to the islands three times an hour, but not all of them reach Punta Sabbioni.

Burano is a tiny town that became a real discovery for us when visiting Venice. Cute, bright, colorful houses not only left a pleasant impression of this place - we were amazed to the core!

When approaching Burano (or rather, when approaching, because on a ship))) you see - well, yes, well, colorful houses. And what?

And then... and then...

The riot of colors makes an indescribably pleasant impression. I want to stand and stand, looking at such beauty. In detail. Look at the facades...

...doors...

...walls...

...and windows...

Photos taken April 26, 2011

In general, babble! :)

One of the most picturesque Italian large photographs will be the final one in this post, about Burano:

The rest of the posts are about our trip to Italy.

The most beautiful photos of other posts - follow the link to the album on Facebook.

Well, as usual, a few words from the guidebook:

BURANO

On the way to Burano, you will see several abandoned islands on the starboard side. First there will be San Giacomo in Paludo (San Giacomo in Paludo, St. James on the Marsh), formerly a Franciscan monastery, and in the 20th century a military prison. Then - the ruins of the monastery Madonna del Monte (Madonna del Monte), a powder warehouse in the 19th century. The first stop will be at Mazzorbo (Mazzorbo), where it would be smart to get off while the crowd continues on to Burano: here you can have lunch in a restaurant that is close to genius Maddalena, where in season they will roast wild duck for you, lie in the garden near the chapel on the edge of the island, and then walk to Burano across the bridge, marveling at the sight of the Campanile Torcello, rising in absolute solitude. The name of the humble Mazzorbo is ancient Roman and means "Big city" (major urbs); in the Middle Ages there was a customs house here on the way of goods from Germany, so the town flourished. But already in the 11th century, malaria forced residents to emigrate; they dismantled their houses brick by brick and rebuilt them around the Rialto Bridge.
Vaporetto to Burano leaves 2 times an hour from Murano, from the Faro stop (at the lighthouse)

Fisherman's Island Burano (Burano) - a beautiful place, postcards don’t lie; the houses painted in candy colors (supposedly so that fishermen could see their house from afar) are adorable. But you need to move with sapper caution, it’s very easy to spoil your impression - just get on the main street ( via Galuppi), where everything is hung with cheap Taiwanese lace, as well as expensive Taiwanese lace - there is no other one here, and you can’t live without it, since supposedly the local fisherwomen do nothing but weave. The right decision is to take a walk along the deserted canals, where colorful houses are in their best shape, and go to a restaurant Al Gatto Nero, and then go around the main square ( piazza Galuppi), where the cultural program is concentrated. In its center is a modern monument to Baldassare Galuppi, the 17th-century composer who set Goldoni's plays to music. In the church San Martino (San Martino, XVI century) the main painting is the sentimental “Crucifixion” by Tiepolo (1725); among the rest you can safely choose your favorite for the next half hour.
Visit to the Church of San Martino Mon-Sun 8.00-12.00, 15.00-19.00

Opposite the church - Lace Museum (Museo del Merletto) in the former School of Lace Making, where twenty years ago there were shows with a slight touch of sadism: girls from poor families, in order to earn crumbs, hunched over and picked with needles, demonstrating submission and killing their eyesight. The neat rows of their chairs make a heavy impression. But here you can see lace made in Burano, and not in Taiwan; the first samples are from the 16th century. They will be familiar to you from the things of your great-grandmothers: lace a la Burano (woven in the air, without a warp) was once in fashion.
Lace Museum Piazza Galuppi 187 Vaporetto Burano 041 73 00 34
Summer: Mon, Wed-Sun 10.00-17.00; winter: Mon, Wed-Sun 10.00-16.00 Entrance – €4

While you're in Burano, you can get out to the island San Francesco del Deserto (San Francesco del Deserto, literally a minute by water taxi) - because this is paradise. This monastery (4,000 cypress trees and less than a dozen monks) was St. Francis's first stop in Europe on his return journey from the Holy Land in 1220; it was here that he talked to the birds. The monks will show you the chapel, the cloister and the tomb in which St. Francis often lay to acquire the habit, and you will enjoy the peace, the smell of flowers and the singing of birds for yourself.
Visit to the monastery of San Francesco del Deserto
Tue-Sat 9.00-11.00, 15.00-17.00, Sun 15.00-17.00
Taxi rank behind the Church of San Martino; minimum €30 round trip with waiting. At the monastery you need to make a donation of a couple of euros

Surprisingly, it’s a fact, I’ve been living in Padua, which is an hour’s drive from Venice, for about a year now, and I only got to the famous island of Burano, which is part of the Venetian island system, last weekend.

Although the vast majority of our compatriots know only two Venetian islands: Murano, where the famous glass factories are located, and colorful Burano, in fact, there are much more islands near Venice.

Each Venetian island has its own destiny. For example, the island, where in ancient times there was a military fort protecting the Most Serene Republic from attacks from the sea, is now abandoned, but the island with the name Torcello, funny to Russian ears, on the contrary, is thriving.

Although only 18 people live on Torcello, the island does not give the impression of being uninhabited. In the gardens of Torcello, roses are grown and grapes are cultivated, numerous restaurants with luxurious summer terraces are open on the green lawns (residents of the Veneto province love to have weddings here), and the local Basilica of Santa Fosca is constantly crowded - tourists rush to see the famous Byzantine mosaics.

And yet, the most beautiful island near Venice is Burano. It is famous for the fact that all the houses of the island are painted in such bright colors that from the shore the panorama of Burano seems to be a revived page from a coloring book, which a five-year-old child decorated with all his favorite felt-tip pens at once.

By the way, traffic between the islands of Venice is strictly regulated. If you have been to the city of Casanova, you probably noticed the large wooden pillars rising near the piers and looking like bunches of asparagus.

In the photo: road markings in the Venetian lagoon, the speed limit is indicated on the posts

These structures are nothing more than an analogue of road markings; it is with their help that the water roads in the Venice lagoon are divided into first, second, third and so on; among the water roads there are their own highways and narrow paths.

In the photo: road pillars near the island of Murano

At the berths, the road numbers are indicated on an electronic board, so those curious can get acquainted with the transport system of the Venetian lagoon, by the way, at the same time you will be sure that you are sailing to the island you need.

However, in the case of Burano, “getting the wrong island” is very problematic; the colorful embankment is visible from afar. In addition to houses the color of “lipstick Barbie”, buildings blue like the azure sky, or yellow like ripe Sicilian lemons, there are also two-tone structures on the island, that is, half the house is painted red, and the other half is painted in contrasting green.

“What did they use on Burano, since they were so carried away by painting the walls in different colors? Or is it for the love of art? - the surprised tourist will ask. In fact, everything is more prosaic. It’s just that the island of Burano at dusk and dawn is shrouded in very dense fog, and the brightly colored houses served as a guide for sailors, that is, they essentially served as a lighthouse.

Again, in the fog, it’s easy to confuse your own home with your neighbor’s, and when the houses are multi-colored, the task of identifying your home without outside help becomes much easier, and you don’t need to shout like a Hedgehog through the fog: “Little Bear! Horse!

Unlike Venice, which today is almost completely at the mercy of tourists, and therefore there are many times fewer local residents in the city than pigeons on San Marco, on the island of Burano Italians still live a completely normal life.

The main local craft is weaving precious snow-white lace. Saleswomen in Burano workshops swear that all the lace sold on the island is made the old fashioned way, by hand, but I find it hard to believe.

In the photo: a workshop where lace is made

I think that tourists still get, even if they are hand-woven, the simplest crafts, and all the best are bought by famous Italian fashion houses. For example, Dolce&Gabbana, not a single collection of which is complete without lace dresses, purchases lace in Burano.

In the photo: workshop for the production of lace and tapestries

The process of creating lace looks like this. First, a design is created on special paper, and then the craftswomen of Burano apply stitches to it with their own hands using a simple needle. So it takes a craftswoman a couple of hours to create, for example, one lace collar.

In the photo: lace collars and gloves in the Burani workshop

If you decide to bring home a lace souvenir from Burano, then it’s worth saying right away that the cost of Burano lace is quite reasonable, for example, a collar that can be worn with a little black dress will cost around 60 euros.

The only thing is, before you decide to make a purchase, ask to show you the workshop in order to make sure that you are purchasing Buranovsky lace and not a Chinese analogue.

By the way, in my opinion, creating exquisite lace for the natives of Burano is a very logical activity: you live near Venice on an island with colorful houses, you weave lace - a beautiful story turns out, just like in a fairy tale by Charles Perrault. The main thing is that in the finale, a handsome prince comes to the craftswoman on a boat, principe azzurro, as the Italians say.

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Situated in the lagoon. Today I want to invite you on a tour of Burano. I don’t see the point in hiring a personal guide, the island is small, everything you need to see is within walking distance, so let’s get going. So what to see in Burano? Numerous world-famous magazines emphasize that Burano is one of the top ten colorful cities on earth. This is true. See:

I see an inaccuracy in such a statement, because Burano is small to be called a city, it is a populated area, a colorful area that attracts and enchants tourists. The uniqueness of Burano is that the bright colors of the houses are repeatedly reflected in the waters of the canals, enhancing the variety of colors, mixing them with the color of the water and sky reflected in it. In my opinion, depression can be treated here. 🙂

I think that there is another reason that attracts travelers to the island - peace, regularity, slowness, relaxation, imperceptibly spilled in the air there. Burano seems to quietly whisper: “Stop, look around, absorb, appreciate the moment, consider the place you are in from all sides.” There is no rush or bustle here; Burano is not familiar with the rhythm of a big city. It seems that he simply lives, without planning anything or thinking ahead. And, probably for this reason, the day in Burano lasts long. Although half a day is enough for a tour of the island of Burano, during this time you can see everything. Here you can see the everyday life of the residents: here are fishermen selling fish caught last night, here are elderly Italian women weaving the famous lace while talking, here are children running around, here is someone on the balcony of a house watering flowers.

When you get off the boat onto the pier, you find yourself in front of a green meadow on which the sculpture is installed. Its author is Remigio Barbaro.

You have the choice to make your own excursion route: you can go straight to the center past the souvenir shops, or you can turn left to immediately dive into the multi-colored canal street.

No matter how you circle the island, you will certainly come to Piazza Galuppi, the only square in Burano where there are shops, and among them you will see those displaying samples of Burano lace:

Women's lace blouse

Lacy souvenirs

Island lace craftsmanship

There are two industries developed in Burano: lace and glass products. By the way, you can take a look at the work of a glassblower right in the store - a unique technique common in the lagoon:

How do you like glass caramel? 😉

On Piazza Galuppi there is the Lace Museum, the Municipality, the statue of B. Galuppi, whose author is Remigio Barbaro.

Lace Museum:

Monument to Galuppi:

If you decide to spend a whole day or half a day on the island, you can have lunch by finding a typical trattoria offering fish dishes, the preparation of which uses all the wealth of the lagoon: fish and seafood from the local one, open on Wednesdays in the morning, located on Via Diacente.

If you are limited on time, stop by the bar for 10 minutes to try local ice cream or the sweets “Esse”, “Bussolla”, also sold in pastry shops.

One of the famous houses on Burano “La casa di Bepi Sua”, painted brightly and unusually, it seems to be divided into geometric figures of different sizes. There are other painted houses that do not have their own name, one of them:

An interesting place in Burano is “Tre ponti” - three bridges, a wooden bridge connecting three banks. You can take photographs from the bridge, choosing unique angles, for example, with a falling bell tower:

In the late afternoon, you can capture the sun setting behind the old fish shop.

Simple as that! In Burano, which today delights tourists with the bright colors of its houses, they once thought about how to highlight private property. Yes it's about! 🙂 Here they decided to delimit possessions, to separate one home from another, even with the help of color.

You can arrive to the island of Burano from different points: from Venice - 45 minutes, from Treponti - 10 minutes, from Punta Sabbioni - 30 minutes. Today the island is home to 3,000 people. And on the islands of the lagoon there are 60,000 people. Burano has 3 canals: Rio Ronticello, Rio Zuecca, Rio Terranova, 5 bridges - San Martino destro, San Martino sinistro, San Mauro, Terranova, Guicacca, connecting 5 parts of the island.

A little history. The first inhabitants of the lagoon saved their lives when they fled from the barbarians. Names of the islands, Burano, Torcello, Mazzorlo, Ammiana, Costanziaco are the names of the gates to Altino. The first buildings on the island of Burano were hastily built from reeds and coated with clay for strength. It is clear that they were light, consisted of one room, the inhabitants slept on the floor on a pile of dry leaves, and the floor was well-packed earth. Later houses made of bricks appeared. During the Venetian Republic, Burano had a population of 8,000. These were poor people who made a living from fishing and agriculture. They began to get rich thanks to lace weaving, which they bought outside of what is now Italy.

You can also get lost on the island to find typical Italian corners, completing a tour of Burano.

Bicycle - leisurely transport on the island

Patio on the island

If you find something useful on the site, you can further fill it with interesting information and develop it.

Galina Parusova Domitalia

Although it lies 7 kilometers from the main Venice, it is considered a quarter of the city, albeit a remote one. At the same time, it has its own style of architecture, rhythm of life and even its own dialect.

We continue to travel on the Venetian Lagoon and its islands.

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Forty minutes by vaporettoalong the waters of the lagoon, and you find yourself in a calm and quiet place, where you are greeted by brightly colored low houses, very reminiscent of toy houses, but in which real people live very leisurely.

There is no trace left of the crazy rhythm of the center of Venice. Tourists bring the bustle, but they too quickly get involved in the Buran rhythm, stop rushing and begin to enjoy the peace that seems to have been stretching over the local waters and nearby islands for centuries.

A little history

Four small islands separated by three main channels formed fishing village of Burano somewhere in the 6th century. There is an assumption that the first inhabitants of these islands were residents of the city of Altino who fled from the mainland from the Huns. There are two versions regarding the name of the village. The first - the name of the settlement was given by a certain noblefamily named Buriano.

According to the second version, the name Burano comes from the nameislet of Buranello, which lay 8 kilometers to the south. Burano was subordinate to the nearby island of Torcello, where the bishop's residence was then located and the administration of the islands was located.

For ten centuries the island village was engaged infishing, but from the 16th century they began to talk about Burano as the centerlace weaving. Venice controlled Cyprus at that time, and from there they brought the technology for making lace, which local women took up. The art of lacemakers was so high that their lace was easilycompeted with Dutch lace from Bruges.

Unfortunately, by the 19th century the fishery died out. They tried to revive it in the next century, but without success. The technologies were labor-intensive, but poorly paid, and no one wanted to engage in the ancient craft.

Bright colors of houseslocal residents includes not only the entire spectrum of the rainbow, but also a lot of shades. Each house has its own color, and to change it today, you need permission from the Venetian municipality, which will give (or not give) permission and approve the color.

History is silent about when the houses began to be painted in bright colors, but there are three versions of why this was done. According to the first version, the houses were painted so thatthe sailors saw their home from afar. (And in fact, on the approach to Burano, the first thing that will catch your eye is the colorful diversity of this area of Venice. You will see a riot of colors that lifts your spirits from afar in any weather.)

The second version says: the sailor residents painted their foreheads in the color of their house before going to the tavern, and according to the color of their forehead, they took him home, barely alive from drinking. The third version is more prosaic: the residents of Burano tried to highlight their city in this way.

Since 1923, Burano has become a district of Venice from an independent city, and the color palette has been useful in attracting tourists.

What to see in Burano

First of all, just wander around Burano. After getting off the vaporetto and together with the crowd of tourists, entering the town, turn off the tourist trail, get away from the lace shops,go to the embankment. The view of the lagoon will calm and pacify you. The colors of two- and three-story houses will take you back to childhood and put you in a good mood. Then you can go shopping and go to a cafe.

Lace Museum

Go to your locallace museum. You will learn the history of the craft and all stages of its development, you will be introduced to the technology of making lace.

It's open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.(November to March) and until 18.00(from April to October). The ticket costs 5 euros.

Church of San Martino

Stands on the squareChurch of San Martino, built at the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th century. It is famous for the fact that it is the only church on the island, and for the fact that there is a 52-meter inclined bell tower nearby."Falling Campanile"Burano is not as famous as, say, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but in some ways it is inferior to it. Kept in the church"Calvary" by Giovanni Batista Tiepolo.

Entrance to the church is free.

It's open from 8.00 to 12.00 and from 15.00 to 19.00. On weekends and holidays until 18.30.

In the center of the square stands a small but quite interestingmonumentlocal celebritycomposer Baldassare Galuppi, a native of Burano, who not only had the nickname Buranello and wrote several successful opera buffes, but was also the court conductor of ourCatherine II, and teacher of the famous Russian spiritual composer D. Bortnyansky.

What to buy in Burano

Certainly, lace. But keep in mind that almost everything sold on Burano The lace is made in Southeast Asia. Otherwise it would cost many times more. That same ancient technology was simply given to Asian manufacturers. You will find a lot of products here: from cheap to very expensive, from nondescript to very high quality, from napkins to clothes. So you will have plenty to choose from.

Where to eat in Burano

On Burano there is also restaurants, osterias, and small cafes. Almost all of them are located on the main tourist cafe. From what can be recommended isTrattoria da Primo e Paolo: http://www.trattoria-primoepaolo.it/index.html. On the establishment's website you can view the menu. The prices are quite affordable.

However, before sitting in a restaurant, go around the island, you will find an establishment to your liking. The island of Burano lives with tourists, so everything here is arranged for their temptation and delight.

Where to stay in Burano

Finding places to stay is described in the article “ " To clarify, I will say that there are very few hotels on Burano. Eg,hotel "Casa sul Cielo di Burano » . Renting a room/apartment is also problematic. They exist, but they are few and far between, and they are quite expensive. But there is an exit- stay on the island.

How to get to Burano

From the Murano Faro stop to Murano on vaporetto no. 12you will reach Burano. They go twice an hour. Sailto Burano about 40 minutes.

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