Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Switzerland
Detourmap lists 1,073 places in Switzerland, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (995). Best known: Matterhorn. 480 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 1,073
- Oldest here
- Augusta Raurica 43 BC
- Little known
- 480 of 1,073
- City pages
- 3
By region
9 first-level divisions of Switzerland have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
3 cities in Switzerland have enough places for a page of their own.
Nature & landscapes in Switzerland 995
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1.Matterhorn
Nature · Iconic
Mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy
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5.Jungfrau
Nature · Renowned
One of the main summits of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland (4,158m / 13,642 ft)
Archaeological & historic sites in Switzerland 78
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1.Augusta Raurica
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Notable
Archaeological site and former Roman colony town on the southern bank of the Rhine near Augst in the canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland
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3.Preonzo
Archaeological · Notable
Village and former municipality in Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
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4.Sementina
Archaeological · Notable
Village and former municipality in Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
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5.Vindonissa, Celtic oppidum / Roman legionary camp / civilian settlement
Archaeological · Notable
Archaeological site in Windisch in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
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6.Aventicum, Roman city - Avenches, medieval-modern city
Archaeological · Notable
Archaeological site in Avenches in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Switzerland?
Matterhorn. Mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Switzerland?
1,073: 995 nature & landscapes and 78 archaeological & historic sites. 480 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Switzerland?
Augusta Raurica, dated to 43 BC. 17 of the 1,073 places here carry a founding date at all, and 1 of those predate the year 1000.
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.