The tour to Murano, burano and torcello was very good except that it was raining whole day and we could not enjoy the sun. The best island was burano which had colourful houses and cute lace making shops. Murano has glass making shops but are extremely expensive. Our experience had been more amazing if the day would have been sunny.

We had an hotel close to the train station so we chose the pick up location by the train station. The tour of the islands were fantastic and very enjoyable but when we returned to Venice they dropped us off at a different location, by St Marks Square. At the end of the tour the tour guide said ""Thank you and this is the end of the tour" and ran off the boat before I could talk to her. I did hear another couple ask her how they get back to the train station location and she pretty much said you are on your own. At that point we were not sure exactly where we were. After a long day of Island hopping and hours of walking I was not real happy to hear we had to walk another mile or more to the hotel. Sure we could have taken a water bus but at that time I was mad that they did not drop us off where we started and did not want to have to spend more money. If the ending location is different than the meeting location this should have been mention when buying tickets.

We left on time. There was some issue about the boat and we changed near st marks. After that the tourwent very well AND it was a pleasant sunny day. A bonus. The tour guide was proficient in Italian, English, French and German and communicated rapidly in all languages required. Very impressive. Each stop had it's unique charms and beauty...I think Burano was our fav.