Torcello, Mazarbo and Burano - Islands of Venice
August 18th 2017 We left early to avoid the crowds and caught a boat to Torcello(Population 8/Tourists 000’s). It was rather lovely to be away from concrete and cobbled streets to some wild vegetation and marshland. Torcello was founded in the early 7th century - before Venezia - so holds the oldest church of the Venetian islands. We had a fabulous guide who has her doctorate in Art History and made the chu
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