Murano Glass Factory Experience: Factory Tour och Workshop

Vi hade en fantastisk guide som gick oss genom Venedig för att komma till Murano-vattentaxin och gav oss intressanta fakta och översikt när vi gick. Och folk på Murano Glass Factory var mycket personliga och intresserade av att vi skulle ha en fantastisk upplevelse. Mycket kul! Inte nämner de vackra glasarbeten.

The glass factory in Murano is something everyone should see. The artistic quality of the products is fantastic. Seeing in person how they make these fine pieces of art is a great experience.

A total joke and waste of time and money. Just an excuse to get you on their sales room and try to force you to buy something. The worst tour I have ever been on.

Fine, basically what it says on the description. A guide meets you at the meeting point, helps guide you onto the right water-bus then leaves as you get to the factory. Then a short time watching a glass maker make a horse and a cup, then onto the craft station. Very basic, a quick arts and craft thing, threading beads onto glass, probably more targeted at the under 12 crowd, unfortunately they weren't keen for you to leave once down, so i ended up wasting a bit of time -over 15 min- waiting for others to finish, before they show you to the show room and then you can leave. Showroom seemed over priced, even with the 20% discount, that was the same as other glass makers in the area. The glass making episode was also the same as you can get for 3 Euro in all the other factories, so it seemed a bit over priced for the rather ordinary beading session, but if you are really nervous about navigating the water-buses, having someone to explain it is very helpful, and the guide was very good about that.

I met Valentina at the designated meeting spot and we took the water bus (15 Euro round trip, not included in tour price) to Murano. We walked a short distance to the glass factory, where Fabio met us & took me to see a demonstration by Master Pena. Fabio explained the process, materials used, etc., & answered all my questions. After the demonstration, Valentina took me to the "craft room", where I chose & strung the beads for a bracelet (the other choices were a pair of earrings or a small mosaic). She was so patient with me, as there were so many beads to choose from! Valentina finished the bracelet by knotting between the beads and adding the clasp. I was then escorted to the showroom, which consisted of 7 rooms of beautiful glass, & I was given a 20% discount on anything I purchased. I happened to be the only person on the tour, so I felt really special. Great tour & I have a beautiful bracelet as a keepsake.

Wow what an excursion. Enjoyed the glass demonstration and tour. It was amazing seeing a glass horse created before our eyes. We had rain that day and was suppose to take public transportation to Murano. Tour company arranged for a private water taxi at no extra expense to keep us dry. Very thoughtful! Mosaic class was great everyone enjoyed.

The glass blowing demo was very interesting. However, we never got to make a piece of jewelry with the glass as was promoted in the tour description. Most of our tour time was spent in the gift shop, not learning about the history of Murano glass, as I would have preferred.

We had a fantastic tour guide. He arranged for us to get there and back. The price didn't include transportation, but our guide got us there and back no problem with public transport. We had a great time watching them blow the glass and we got to make our own bracelets and earrings.

Very fun experience loved the activity making jewelry with glass I fo recommend something to do with the family

It was a fun experience They were nice enough to pick us up from our hotel. We enjoyed seeing that glass being made.