Locarno
Population 16,374 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Switzerland
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Castello Visconteo Castle · 540 m - Fondazione Ghisla Art Collection Locarno Museum · 270 m
- Casorella Museum · 540 m
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Casa Rusca, Pinacoteca comunale Museum · 740 m - Museo civico archeologico Castello Visconteo Museum · 530 m
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Giovanni Battista Pioda Monument · 650 m - Pusteblume Attraction · 740 m
- Falconeria Locarno Zoo · 810 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Locarno Film Festival
August
The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Locarno); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Locarno 630 m
- Locarno Funicolare 510 m
- Locarno FART 700 m
- Muralto Belvedere 790 m
- Locarno S. Antonio 1.1 km
- Madonna del Sasso 1.1 km
More train stations: Orselina Funicolare 1.2 km, Minusio 1.7 km, Solduno 1.8 km, San Martino 2.4 km, S. Nazzaro 3.5 km, Tenero 4.2 km, Ponte Brolla 4.2 km, Magadino-Vira 4.5 km, Tegna 4.9 km, Gerra (Gambarogno) 5.1 km, Gordola 5.3 km, Verscio 5.8 km, Ranzo-S. Abbondio 5.8 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.