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BURANO - arriving at the dock
Burano is best known for it's brightly painted houses &...
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Looking down "main street"
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Part of our group
heading down the main square.
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Quaint & cheery.
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This main plaza/street
is lined with shops & restaurants. They roll up the sidewalks at dusk.
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One of many seafood restaurants
Burano's seafood is very popular & there are a number of good seafood...
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Entrance to our restaurant
We had a great meal, service & ambience, but damn, I don't...
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The smaller room
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We got the big room.
I loved all the art on the walls & the 'fishy' decor ;o)
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More art & 'fishy' decor.
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A high class busker in the square.
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Down one of the side streets
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Dining alfresco on the roof ;o)
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One of the canal 'streets'
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Women making lace
Note the cylindrical cushion they use. There are not many who still make lace...
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Two of the women were peeling shrimp.
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The small inner courtyard
where they were working.
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Narrow alley with 2nd floor 'bridge'
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One of several lace shops
in the square. (Warning - true Venetian Point or Burano Point lace is...
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Linens & lacy souvenirs.
For a little more information about Burano, please see the introductory text.
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Church of San Martino
with its 'drunken' bell tower (it leans).
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We caught the sunset
on the way back to Venice
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The dock at Maestre
where we took water taxis to cross the lagoon to the city-island of Venice.
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On the lagoon, approaching Venice
The lagoon is actually a single island that contains numerous small...
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One of the churches along the lagoon
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Western Europe
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