Unlike Venice, the neighboring island of Burano can be touched and lived in without historical permission.
Now known for their handmade lace, Burano has a beautiful vegetable garden, a Michelin star restaurant, streets lined with lace shops, and a generally pleasant vibe separate from Venice’s dark maze.
It’s only a 20 minute vaporetto from our Airbnb in Murano, or 35-40 minutes from Venice. We weaved around the colored row houses of this traditional fishermen’s village.