Rosolina Mare suits families who want a beach resort on the Po Delta coast, about an hour from Venice airport. Nearly every home has air conditioning, many have a pool, and most sleep four to six. The catch is that Venice, Padua and Chioggia are all drives, so day trips cost time on the road.
Rosolina Mare is the seaside part of the commune of Rosolina, in the province of Rovigo, on the Po Delta. It is flat country, about a metre above sea level, and the River Adige reaches the sea here. It is a tourist centre of real importance across the whole Veneto. At Porto Caleri there is a 23-hectare coastal botanical garden, run as a regional nature preserve. Just along the commune's coast, Albarella is an island of about 5 km by 1.5 km, joined to the mainland by a 12 km strip with a road and a movable bridge. Traffic there is limited and bikes are the main way round. Our homes sit close together, within about a kilometre, and the typical one has two bedrooms and a pool or air conditioning.
Coastal botanical garden of 23 hectares, managed by the regional forestry service with the University of Padua.
A resort island of about 5 km by 1.5 km, reached by a 12 km causeway with a movable bridge. Traffic is limited and bikes are the main transport.
About 25 minutes by road. A town on a small island at the southern entrance to the Venetian Lagoon, nicknamed Little Venice, with a main canal and narrow streets.
Around an hour by road. The city centre lies about 7.5 km from Marco Polo airport.
Venice Marco Polo is the main airport, about an hour and ten minutes by road, with flights from Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted and Luton. Padua is about an hour by road. A car is the practical way to reach Chioggia, Venice and the delta, although in the resort itself bikes work for short trips.
This is a low-lying coast, so the draw is the sea, bikes and wetlands rather than hills. Albarella restricts traffic and favours bikes, which suits a cycling week in any season. Porto Caleri's garden is run by the regional forestry service, so check its opening dates and beach services for the week you want.
Venice Marco Polo, about an hour and ten minutes away by road. London services include easyJet from Gatwick, British Airways from Heathrow, Ryanair from Stansted and Wizz Air from Luton.
About an hour by road. Chioggia, at the southern entrance to the Venetian Lagoon, is closer at around 25 minutes and makes a shorter day out.
It is a coastal botanical garden of 23 hectares at Rosolina Mare, run as a regional nature preserve. The regional forestry service of Padua and Rovigo manages it with the University of Padua.
Nearly all do. Many also have a pool, and the typical home has two bedrooms and room for around five.
Albarella is an island resort of about 5 km by 1.5 km, joined to the mainland by a 12 km strip carrying a road and a movable bridge. Traffic is limited, bikes are the main transport, and the marina takes up to 500 boats.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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