Places worth the detour in Venice
27 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Venice, Italy, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (20). Best known: Venetian Lagoon. 11 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Within 20 km
- 27
- Oldest
- Fondazione Querini Stampalia 1869
- Little known
- 11 of 27
- Most from
- 20th century
All 27, ranked 27
Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.
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6.Poveglia
Nature · Notable
Small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, for more than 100 years (beginning in 1776), used as a quarantine station for those suffer…
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11.Altinum
Archaeological · Notable
Ancient city in Veneto and archaeological site in the Italian municipality of Quarto d'Altino (VE)
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14.San Giorgio in Alga
Nature · Notable
Island of the Venetian lagoon between the Giudecca and Fusina
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23.Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Cultural institution in Venice
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25.votive temple of Santa Maria Immacolata
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Church and war memorial in Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy
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26.Argo 16
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Italian Air Force C-47 Dakota that crashed in 1973
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27.Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Art museum in Venice, Italy
Within reach of Venice
Questions about this page
What is worth seeing near Venice?
27 places within 20 km: 20 nature & landscapes and 7 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Venetian Lagoon.
Is there anything near Venice that most visitors miss?
11 of these 27 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.
What is the oldest thing near Venice?
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, dated to 1869.
How is the 20 km radius measured?
As the crow flies from the centre of Venice, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
