Excursions - Discoveries
Monte Tamaro
Lugano (20 to 30 Min. by car):
Shopping, municipal park, casino, cinemas, concerts, Estival Jazz, Palazzo dei congressi, Piazza della Riforma, Monte Brè, Monte San Salvatore...
Valle Verzasca and Vallemaggia :
Cristal clear water (and cold!), impressive dams (greetings from James Bond), picturesque villages from the Tessin still very authentic. Native craft industry, hikes, museums. Homeland of the novel “Die schwarzen Brüder (=the black brothers)” (Lisa Tetzner)
Picturesque village by the Lugano lake. Parco Scherrer - Giardino delle meraviglie
Monte Generoso (1704 m):
Rack railway, amazing panoramic view of the whole Sotto-Ceneri, the Alps and the Po plain
Monte Lema (1624 m):
Modern cable car from Miglieglia. Wonderful view by clear weather of the whole Malcantone, the Major and Lugano lakes, the Alps and sometimes even of Milan
Monte Tamaro (1962 m):
Adventure park, toboggan run, 440-m Tyrolean, Santa Maria degli Angeli church (architect Mario Botta)
Monte San Giorgio (1097 m):
At the Mendrisiotto, located at the southern fork junction of the Lugano lake, in front of the dam of Melide. Impressive panoramic view. Mostly known as a cemetery of the middle Triassic with a lot of marine fossils. A UNESCO World Heritage Site A UNESCO World Heritage Site
Swiss Miniatur Melide:
Miniature park of Switzerland founded in 1959. More than 120 replicas of famous buildings, cathedrals, castles, trains and bridges at a scale of 1:25 can be found on a14’000 m2-surface. There even are entire city squares, villages and mountain farmers. Ideal not only for kids!
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