On our first full day in Venice we traveled to Murano, an island just north of Venice, which is well known for its glass factories and glass artisans. Our concierge arranged for us to travel via taxi down the Grand Canal and to have a private tour of the factory, its museum and grand showrooms. The grand showroom has some of the most exquisite handmade glass I have seen, ranging from chandeliers that are a quarter of million dollars to vases costing up to $20,000, to drinking glass sets trimmed in gold. Below are some pictures taken at Murano.
The first picture has the factory on the left. The water taxi is parked in front of the sales shop where we bought some items to bring home. The water taxi took us around to Venice from the opposite direction from which we came, thereby affording us a chance to see the other end of Venice from the one we had seen coming in from the airport and on the way to Murano.
4 comments:
gorgeous! Does the city smell as bad as I heard it smells because of the canals?
Barb - the canals didn't smell at all. I don't know if that gets worse at the end of summer, with the growth of algae. Another possibility is that, in keeping with the generally increased environmental awareness of the past few decades, the city may have taken significant steps to clean up.
love the pictures. Venice is such a romentic city. It's so unfortunate that some day it will be under water.
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