It is lovely to walk through the streets of this beautiful island of the Venice lagoon, surrounded by the cheerful colors that characterize the typical houses of this territory. Burano is known for the processing of lace (ancient art dating back to the 16th century) and for the packaging of typical sweets, the Bussolai (or compass), biscuits in the shape of a donut based on yellow egg, flour and butter. There are different theories about the origin of colored houses.

The first assumption argues that each color is the symbol of each family, used to stand out from the others, since, in Burano, surnames are few and very widespread. Another hypothesis argues that the boatmen painted the houses of different colors in order to distinguish them in the distance in the days of fog which, in Burano, is particularly dense. Today, unlike what happened in the years of the Kingdom of Italy, the inhabitants do not need to ask permission from any body to vary the color of the houses.

This does not happen on any other island in the lagoon, where, a special law provides that any color variation of homes must pass through the screening of the superintendence. Beautiful Burano with its only square named after Baldassare Galuppi and with the church of San Martino, from the characteristic steep steep bell tower. Picturesque island to be discovered. Rich in traditions handed down and preserved for generations.