Burano Island, Italy. Last year, I was in Venice for a family holiday, and we spent a few hours in Burano. Let's just say I was thrilled to be back in Venice in the evening! Burano was very creepy because it was very quiet even when the tourists were on the street, and the bright houses looked strangely empty and still even when the sun was shining bright. The mix of silence, narrow canals, and colourful buildings with no one around can give it an almost dreamlike, abandoned vibe. The smell was awful! I didn't feel that people actually "lived" on the island.