After lunch, back at the apartment, and followed by a brief nap, we headed out once again for our final stroll around the city.  Before we did that, there was one more destination to hit, and that was the Chiesa di San Martino. In order to do that, we headed back to Piazza Galuppi. Baldassare…

The Museo del Merletto, or the Lace Museum, may not sound like an exciting way to spend your time when in Burano, but I promise you, it is a visit you should make!  Housed in the Palazzo del Podestà di Torcello, in Piazza Galuppi, the museum is set in the space formerly occupied by one…

A plaque marks the building where the Italian painter, Mario Vellani Marchi, lived.  Marchi came to Burano in the 1920s, spending a few years here painting landscapes.  He loved the town so much that, after World War II, he divided his time between Burano and Milan, where he died in 1979. Even though it may…

We made a reservation for dinner at a restaurant called Trattoria Al Gatto Nero.  Founded in 1965 by Chef Ruggero Bovo, who still helms the kitchen today, this is one of the most popular restaurants in the town.  Plates of raw, grilled, and fried fish were followed by delicious desserts and after-dinner drinks, making for…

The only functioning church on the island of Mazzorbo is the Chiesa di Santa Caterina.  The original structure dates from 783, but the building was rebuilt a few times over the centuries.  Most of what we see today dates from the 14th century.  Over the entrance portal, there is a relief depicting the marriage of…