I recommend disembarking at Mazzorbo, a half deserted little island that is connected to Burano by a bridge. The walk from the Marzzorbo vaporetto stop and Burano takes around 5 minutes but I suggest stopping along the way to admire the 13th century church of Santa Caterina, now enclosed in the walls of a public park.

 

Once you cross the bridge to Burano, you are free to meander the streets populated with brightly colored houses in varying states of repair. There are a few canals and bridges that criss-cross through the pleasant fishing village. Has few sites-the Church of San Martino and the Lace Museum are the major ones-so the real reason to come here is to get lost in a reality totally different from one’s own. Walking the streets lined with screaming magenta and electric blue facades one can’t help but feel transported into a dream-like state.