BURANO AND ITS FISHERMEN

Usually, Lagoon tours highlight well-known artistic activities. On the contrary, ‘Burano and its fishermen’ focuses on an outdoor excursion in company with local operators eager to share their knowledge, love, and respect for the environment.

Take the chance of a boat ride after a long period of confinement, and enjoy a peculiar scenery of long strips of land between green water and blue skies, brick bell towers in the far distance, and the smell of salt air surrounding you.

Your private expert meets you at the hotel in the morning, and takes you directly to Burano by private taxi, passing through Murano and natural salt marshes.

On the island, pedestrians look busy as they sneak off narrow streets, and all sorts of boats are moored along the canal shores: little children walk to school on their own, groups of elders gesture as they walk, women shop at the outdoor market.

The picturesque ‘bragozzo’ for our excursion is a solid wooden barge used in the old days for daily fishing, carefully restored and equipped with comfortable benches on each side, and a central mast supporting a red cover for sun protection.

Don’t hesitate to take pictures, it is the only historical craft left in Burano!
Once onboard, the friendly fishermen in charge need the valuable assistance of our escort for the translation from a Venetian into English.

There is no better way to experience Venice Lagoon, with its vast spaces, unique flora, and fauna. Sandbanks are overgrown with reeds, sea salt vegetation, that provide an ideal shelter for colorful ducks, diving birds, small rodents, and families of cormorants.