The Lagoon & the Islands - Venice: Top Sights, Local Life, Made Easy - page 203

Getting There
Vaporetto Giudecca : lines 2, 41, 42 and N (night) from San Marco or Dorsoduro;
San Giorgio Maggiore: line 2 from San Zaccaria; Lido: lines 1, 2, 51, 52, 61 and 62;
Murano: line DM from Ferrovia or 13, 41 or 42 from Fondamente Nuove; Burano/
Mazzorbo: LN line from Fondamente Nuove or Murano-Faro stop; Torcello: T line from
Burano.
The Sights in a Day
Plan your trip carefully around your priorities - or it can be tricky to
squeeze in Murano glass, Burano photography and Torcello mosaics
between peak vaporetto (passenger ferry) hours (9am to 5.30pm). Hit Torcello
first, and work your way back to Murano - it's easier to reach from Venice if you
need to make a return glass-shopping trip.
Enjoy a sunny, leisurely lunch at Torcello's Locanda Cipriani ( Click here )
or Mazzorbo's Venissa ( Click here ) , then hit Murano for an art-glass
blitz, snapping up limited-edition modern pieces created with glass-making tech-
niques in use locally since the 8th century. If contemporary art and Palladian ar-
chitecture are your priorities, save shopping for another day and head to Chiesa I
sola di San Giorgio Maggiore ( Click here ).
Enjoy dinner and jazz on Giudecca at I Figli delle Stelle ( Click here ). In
summer, hop the vaporetto to the Lido for DJ sets and concerts on the
beach.
For a local's day on the Lido, Click here .