Quarto d'Altino is ideally positioned for day trips to Venice (15 minutes by train), Treviso (20 minutes), and the Venetian Lagoon. The lagoon islands — Murano, Burano, and Torcello — are accessible from Venice by vaporetto, and Torcello in particular has strong connections to the Altinum refugees who founded Venice: the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta there dates from the 7th century, built by those fleeing the mainland.
