Murano Glass Factory Experience - een workshop in Venetië

Let me start by saying that the actual glass blowing demonstration was super cool! The talent of the actual master giving the demonstration was fun to watch. Where the experience fell short in the rating was after the demonstration where we were walked through a showroom of extremely expensive blown glass pieces. I felt like we were given a hard sales pitch and since we were a small group of just our family, it was extremely uncomfortable. We had no intention of spending 50,000 euro on anything in their shop. They were beautiful but not realistic for most people just there for the experience. For the price of the tickets, it’s an expensive boat taxi ride to Murano. It would have been nice if they created a small piece as the demonstration that we would get to keep. They had us pick out colors and make choices on the vase l, only to just put it away and say it takes days to cool. They should make a smaller vase and mail it to you after the event for the price they charge for this activity. Yet, they seemed annoyed we weren’t spending thousands on their showroom pieces. Overall, it was a mixed experience.

This was fun, and we got to make a bracelet with beads (others made keychains and earings.) It was a small group and the staff was very friendly. The kids loves the hands on project, and watching the artist make a rose, petal, by petal, was real cool and allowed you to appreciate the amount of work and artistry thay goes into Glass blowing.

Giovanni was a very helpful guide. The demonstration was informative and fun. I loved that it was interactive in that you can make jewelry or a mosaic. I wish we had less time to shop in the show room. It was too long.