One day in Locarno, Switzerland
A day through Locarno’s best-known sights that lie close together: Madonna del Sasso, Pinacoteca comunale Casa Rusca and Castello Visconteo. 3 stops, about 0.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Madonna del SassoTemple or shrine · On the map

- Pinacoteca comunale Casa RuscaMuseum · 0.7 km on from Madonna del Sasso · On the map

- Castello VisconteoCastle · 0.2 km on from Pinacoteca comunale Casa Rusca · On the map
3 stops, 1.5 km on foot along the streets: about 21 min of walking.
More for Locarno
- Things to do in Locarno, Switzerland · 5 places to see, led by Madonna del Sasso and Castello Visconteo
Day trips from Locarno
- Milan84 km awayMilan Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Milan Cathedral
- Lugano22 km awayMonte San Giorgio6 stops in a day, starting at Museum of Cultures (MUSEC)
- Aosta124 km awayGran Paradiso National Park6 stops in a day, starting at Augusta Praetoria Salassorum
- Turin150 km awayMuseo Egizio6 stops in a day, starting at Mole Antonelliana
Photo credits
- Madonna del Sasso: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pinacoteca comunale Casa Rusca: WPestana, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Castello Visconteo: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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