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Our family of four is starting our Italy vacation in Venice. We are two adults cheap car rentals in san antonio and two teenage boys. My husband is anxious to see Burano, Murano and especially Torcello. We arrive in Venice cheap car rentals in san antonio early afternoon and have two full days there afterwards. In order to maximize our time should we take one of the quickie tours of the islands or just ride the vaporettos and tour ourselves? I would prefer cheap car rentals in san antonio not to take a tour if the trip can be accomplished in a half day on our own. If we tour on our own, is it best to head out early in the morning or in the afternoon? Many thanks for the advice in advance.
cheap car rentals in san antonio I would see the islands cheap car rentals in san antonio on your own and go at your own pace. I don't think you can do this in half a day unless you only stop on each island for a very short time. Torcello and Burano are quite a ways from Venice. I would start in the morning with Torcello, see the beautiful church and then go to Burano (about a 5 minute vaporetto ride) - see Murano on the way back. Decide what you want to see on each island ahead of time so you have a definite plan. I think Murano has 4 vaporetto stops so have a definitely idea of which stop you want. Also have a vaporetto schedule so you don't wait around for the next boat and lose time.
You should research the vaporetto schedules, but I doubt you could 'tour' three islands cheap car rentals in san antonio in a half day using the vaporetti. I guess it depends on how much you want to see. It saves time if you start/end at the F. Te Nove stop in Venice.
I prefer to start early before the cruise ship passengers cheap car rentals in san antonio show up. If you want to see a glass-making demonstration, most of the Murano factories operate only in the morning although the shops are open all day. If you want to see churches and the glass and lace museums, make sure you know the open hours for everything.
Fond Nuove to Burano is about 45 minutes on the ferry, and there is no need to take a tour. If you click on my user name, you ll find a couple of trip reports which mention visiting Burano and Torcello. Probably an hour on Torcello is enough to see what s happening there, cheap car rentals in san antonio and the mosaics in the church are really worth seeing.
Take a vaporetto from Fond. Nuove, and get off at Mazzorbo. From Mazzorbo, it is a nice ten minute stroll to Burano, over a bridge. From Burano, cheap car rentals in san antonio you take another ferry that goes to Torcello it is a ten minute ride, the ferry is a shuttle, and goes every half hour or so.
Line 12 goes from Fondamenta Nuove to Burano, stopping at at Murano and Mazzorbo along the way. I believe the special vaporetto that travels between Burano and Torcello (Line 9) is scheduled to depart just after Line 12 arrives. Therefore if you want to head to Torcello first, stay on Line 12 until Burano and immediately switch to Line 9.
Murano is a 10-minute hop from Fondamenta Nuove and is served by a few different boat lines, so it is easier to decide to visit it at another time if you like. I think that Murano is the least interesting island f the three since it is the most like the main island of Venice.
Fondamenta Nuove is a vaporetto stop on the north side of the main island in Cannaregio. Instead of taking a vaporetto from your hotel area to this stop to catch Line 12, you might use it as an opportunity to walk through the quieter streets of this district to the fondamenta.
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