November 9th, 2009
Island of Burano, Italy
A nice place to visit is the island of Burano. An island near to Venice, Italy. All visitors are fascinated Burano many colored houses which are reflected in the green waters of the canals, the Campanile wrong, the tranquility and calmness of the old ladies embroidered with their pillow and, among themselves, laughing and chatting in squares.
It’s like being in paradise, kids whizzing free with their bicycles, balconies with colorful flowers more beautiful, fishermen hoist the fish freshly caught from their traditional boats. As soon as you descend from the vaporetto ACTV you are in a green lawn where there’s a solemn sculpture artist buranello Remigio Barbaro, then further you dive into the banks leading to the main street. When you arrive in Piazza Galuppi, the only island of gracious ladies, shop owners, invite more tourists curious to go and admire the workmanship of the lace, then if you need to cool down you can sit in a typical trattoria buranella where you can eat delicious fresh fish.
If you do not have time to make a long stop at a bar you can catch a flight or an ice cream candy typical island (among the best in the “Compass”) in a pastry and enjoy it until you reach the end of Piazza Galuppi . Within it, as well as many other important works, there is a famous painting by Gian Battista Tiepolo.
Always in the same square is the Lace Museum, the Palazzo del Municipio, the well done entirely in Istrian stone and the statue of Baldassare Galuppi performed by Remigio Barbaro, a famous sculptor from Burano.
It remained in the square, pull over to the road, there are stalls that offer good prices for souvenirs of the island, local products in Murano glass and Venetian masks. Also in this street every Wednesday morning the market is held on the island and not far from here you can not miss is the fish market where you can see the typical fish of the Venetian lagoon.
Among the streets of Burano you can admire the various capitals at the entrance of the narrow streets up to the island’s most famous house, “the House of Bepi” painted with the use of all colors. The different colors of the houses, which today have become the main feature of the island, once served to define the property. However, there is a “legend” linked to the island’s colorful character, who says that the fishermen were to paint his own house in order to recognize it from afar during long periods of absence due to fishing. It’s really a nice place to visit.