Murano & Burano Boat Trip with Risotto Cooking Class

Highlights

• Enjoy a leisurely small boat trip to Murano and Burano from Venice
• Watch a master glassblower shape molten glass in Murano (if option selected)
• Learn to make Burano's signature fish risotto with a local host
• Savor your homemade risotto with a glass of Veneto white wine
• Explore Burano's canals, painted houses, lace shops, and leaning bell tower

Description

Board a small boat in Venice and cross the northern lagoon, passing the cemetery island of San Michele. On the Murano option, your first stop is a glass furnace, where a master shapes molten glass in front of you. Then, continue to Burano, where the fishermen's houses are painted every color of the box.

Meet your host and learn about the island's signature dish, risotto de gò. The gò is a small goby fish caught in the lagoon shallows. It is too bony to eat whole, so Burano cooks turned it into a rich broth, and that broth becomes the risotto.

Learn to build the broth, toast the rice, and stir it the Venetian way: all'onda, loose enough to ripple like a wave. While it rests, prepare a simple seasonal side and pour a glass of Veneto white wine.

Enjoy the risotto you made, eaten at your host's table. Afterwards, have free time to wander Burano's canals, lace shops, and leaning bell tower before the boat takes you back to Venice.

Includes

• Boat trip from Venice to the islands and back
• Host and cooking instructor
• Hands-on risotto cooking class
• All ingredients and equipment
• Lunch you cook, with 1 glass of wine, water and coffee
• Glass-blowing demonstration (Murano options)
• Digital recipe booklet
• Free time to explore Burano

Excludes

• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Additional drinks
• Tips (optional)

Important Information

• The activity involves cooking and eating fish risotto. The boat trip may not be suitable for those prone to seasickness. The risotto contains fish; a seasonal vegetable risotto is available for vegetarians if you tell us when booking Goby supply depends on the lagoon catch, so on rare days your host uses another lagoon fish Boat trips may be rescheduled in severe weather or very high tide; you are offered a new date or a full refund Murano and Burano are outside the Venice access-fee area, but day-trippers crossing Venice's historic centre to reach the pier may need to pay the fee on fee days Glass furnaces may offer glass for sale; buying is entirely optional

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund