Laguna del Mort
Last updated on September 8, 2026Overview
The Laguna del Mort, between Eraclea Mare and the mouth of the Piave, is the one stretch of the Venetian Riviera that was never built on.
It is a small lagoon formed when the Piave shifted its mouth and abandoned an old channel, leaving a body of brackish water behind a sandbar. The name -- "the dead lagoon" -- refers to that abandoned arm.
Behind it stands a genuine coastal pine wood, and between the two is undeveloped dune and beach. On a coast that is otherwise continuous hotels for sixty kilometres, this matters more than its size suggests.
Quick Facts
- Type: Nature
- Local name: Laguna del Mort (vedi la pagina italiana)
- A river’s abandoned arm: The lagoon is an old channel of the Piave, cut off when the river shifted its mouth -- which is what the name "dead lagoon" records.
- The one piece of coast never built on: Beach, dune, lagoon and pine wood survive here in sequence, on a shoreline that is otherwise continuous resort for sixty kilometres.
Visit Responsibly
Stay off the dunes. The vegetation on them is what holds this beach in place, and it is the reason there is still an undeveloped shoreline here at all.
Keep away from nesting birds in spring and early summer -- several species here nest on open sand and are easily driven off a nest for good.
Take everything out with you. There are no bins and no staff, and litter on an unmanaged beach stays there.
Do not light fires or camp. The pine wood behind is a fire risk in summer and is protected.
Swim with care: no lifeguards, and the currents near the Piave mouth are strong.
Plan Your Visit
The area is free and open, with no facilities to speak of.
It is reached from Eraclea Mare: park in the resort and walk east, roughly twenty to thirty minutes along the beach or through the pine wood. There is no road access to the lagoon itself, which is largely why it is still like this.
Allow half a day if you intend to swim and walk.
Bring water, sun protection and insect repellent -- there is no shade on the beach, no bar, and the mosquitoes on the lagoon side are serious from late spring.
The walk is on sand and woodland path and is not accessible to wheelchairs or easy with pushchairs.
There are no lifeguards. This is not a supervised beach, unlike everything else on this coast.