On the second day of our visit to Venice, we went by charter launch to the outer island of Burano. The island is the home of the lacemakers and it is said that in 1481 Leonardo da Vinci visited the island bought lace that he took back to make the altar cloth for the Duomo in Florence.

The homes on the island are painted in very bright colours and no two adjoining houses are the same colour. Our Tour Director explained this was so that fishermen returning home could distinguish their own place from a great distance out to sea.

Burano also has its own Leaning Tower. The tower of the church of San Martino leans at a greater angle than the more famous tower in Pisa.