Ca' Centopietre Bed and Breakfast Venice, Italy

Lido Island

 

 

 

Floating between the sea and the lagoon is the beautiful island of the Lido of Venice. Thanks to the continual coming and going of ferries it is easy to get to - even by car. And there is nowhere like it in the world. A few minutes away from Venice, kilometres of golden sands offer something for everyone, and, following careful environmental works, a sea that has grown cleaner year after year.

Torcello Island

What was once the "capital" of the lagoon north and bounded to the south-west from Burano Canal, north and east it borders on the marshy formations Rose and Centrega.

The island has a slightly trapezoidal shape and is at the heart of what was previously the heart of economic and social life of the Venetian civilization.

The ancient Dorceum or Turricellum to its full splendor came to house tens of thousands of inhabitants. Bishopric from 638 to 1689, saw its flowering in the early Middle Ages when it became a port of absolute importance, with the three channels that were opening to the sea, and the laboriosissime officine metallurgical, glass and processing of wool.

Burano Island

It lies South-East of Mazzorbo, among Torcello, S. Erasmo, and San Francesco del Deserto. It's the most important center of the Northern Lagoon and has 5 thousands of inhabitants. It's linked to Venice by public water buses.

Murano Island

Divided into nine islets crossed by a wide canal, Murano is the island of glass blowing. A long and still-thriving tradition, this magic art has involved whole generations of Murano residents. The Museum of Glass (open: from November to the end of March 10am-4pm; from April to October 10am-5pm. Closed Wednesdays) is a must for anyone wishing to bone up on the art of glass-making in Venice. Located in Palazzo Giustiniani - in times past the prestigious seat of the Bishops of Torcello - the museum has an extraordinarily rich collection of decorated articles and glass produced between the 15th century and the present - showing how tastes and styles have changed, and how experiments and new techniques
have affected a tradition that brings the island wealth and fame.