Murano Glass

You have to go to Venice to admire its canals, to enjoy its strolls in a gondola or the sunrise in St Marco´s Square.

 

On the shores of the Adriatic, its great aristocratic and rich past has been impregnated in the façades of its palaces and temples. But Venice is something else, and it can also be a great destination to buy unique and precious objects.

 

Without doubt, one of these crafts which have survived modernity and time is Murano glass, which is made, according to the ancestral glass-making techniques, in the close-by island with the same name (to which you can get to comfortably in motorized boats, because it would take a lot of rowing to do so in a gondola).

 

The peculiarity of Murano glass is that they insert colouring particles in the mix to blow. With these pieces in vibrant colours (you definitely can´t miss the blue) they make artistic compositions of all types and affordable to everyone: from sumptuous lamps to hang in aristocratic mansions, to small pieces of jewelry, more manageable and easy to transport in modern trips.

 

The best idea is to check out the different available objects, models and prices online and, once you´re in the City of the Canals, go to the island and investigate in its different factories, check out the quality and buy according to your budget.

 

If you´re buying something for your home, remember that you can try it first in one of the apartments in Venice that you will have rented and so have an idea of what it will look like at home.