Gloria and MarkMar 2, 20182 minIsland hopping from VeniceSince we had bought a week's worth of rides on the vaporettos (water buses), we decided to venture out into the lagoon. The boats to the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello leave from the Fondamento Nove, which was quite close to where we were staying in Canareggio. Our first stop was Murano, the close-in island famous for glass-making. Glass shops line the canals in Murano. Murano became the worldwide capital of glass making in the 16th century when frequent fires in the
