VELTRA tours & activities, fun things to do

Bernadetta (think this was her name) was super friendly and not only told us a great deal of information about both the islands on the tour, she had and shared a great knowledge of Venice in general. Able to help point us in the right direction of where to buy the famous Burano cookies. Glass making demonstration in Murano was fab. The lace demonstration In Burano was more of a sales pitch. Enough time in both islands to explore at our leisure.

Hazel, our guide, and the tour company were very helpful and made room for us when we didn't find our assigned group. This was going beyond the normal practice. For that we are very grateful. The glassworks was awesome. We had been to a glass blowing shop before. I wish would have watched more of the artists at work. I wished we could have seen more of a demonstration at the lace shop. Yes, it's a one person job but it was difficult for that group size to see only one person working on a piece on her lap. Not what I expected. However it was a great trip and we enjoyed listening to Hazel.

Too hard sale at Murano gallery. LOVED Burano.

The tour guide on this trip was very interesting and had some humorous anecdotes to share. The glass blowers were true artisans - we were disappointed that there was so little affordable glass to buy there as we would have liked to bring some home. The lace-making demonstration was over very quickly and we had plenty of time to wander around Burano.

A lot of knowledge and interesting factoids. She made the boat rides enjoyable and I feel I learned a ton.

Kritina was excellent, very informative and went out of her way to help us find a restaurant for our evening meal!