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Lugano, the largest town in the holiday region of Ticino, is not only Switzerland's third most important financial centre and a conference, banking and business centre, but also a town of parks and flowers, villas and sacred buildings. With Mediterranean flair, Lugano offers all the advantages of a world-class city, combined with the cachet of a small town.
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Lugano ( / luːˈɡɑːnoʊ /, [5] [6] [7] UK also / lʊˈɡænoʊ /, [8] Italian: [luˈɡaːno]; Lombard: Lügán [lyˈɡaŋ]) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population (as of ...
- Lake Lugano
- Monte San Salvatore
- Monte Brè
- Centro Storico
- Via Nassa
- Parco Civico
- Chiesa Di Santa Maria degli Angeli
- Cattedrale San Lorenzo
- Hesse Museum
- Gandria
When you step onto the waterfront promenade at Lugano what will strike you about the lake is just how wild it looks. On every shore there’s a mountain with wood-cloaked slopes that plummet to the water. The lake is long and sinuous, filling the deep valleys between the peaks. And because of the peaks on the shore you can only see one portion of the...
Lugano’s own mountain and a monolith on the southern skyline, Monte San Salvatore crests at over 900 metres. At the top you’ll be awestruck by the 360° views of Lugano, the lake and views of the Alps to the west. A funicular carries you up the precipitous slope from the suburb of Paradiso in just 12 minutes. For determined hikers the upper station ...
The Cassarate suburb in the east of Lugano is the springboard for another ride to the top of a mountain. Clattering up the mountainside since 1912, the funicular railway has a maximum incline of 60.5% and more of a vintage feel than San Salvatore, even though it’s actually newer. At the summit, 925 metres above sea level, there are two restaurants ...
The old centre of Lugano is a delight to explore, and is crammed with Renaissance and Baroque churches, convents, palazzi and arcaded squares. Your first port of call has to be the Piazza Riforma, edged by tall pastel-painted houses and full of life on evenings and weekends. On the southern boundary is the striking facade of the Neoclassical city h...
Beginning at the very south of the city, Via Nassa is one block in from the waterfront and curves with Lugano’s bay as it enters the old centre of the city. Here you can get some serious shopping done on a street with a long line of arcades that go back to the 17th century. In the past, those arcades provided a sheltered place out for stall-holders...
East of the centre of the city, Parco Civico is an enchanting lakeside park that also hosts a few big amenities like the Cantonal Library and Convention Centre. Around the curve of the bay from the centre there are supreme views of Lugano, which are just as pretty after sunset. During the day you’ll be wowed by the vistas of Monte Brè and Monte San...
A former monastic church, the Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli is rather sober on the outside but is cherished for what you can see in the interior. Spreading across the entrance to the chancel is the finest Renaissance fresco in Switzerland. It was painted in 1529 by Bernardo Luini and represents Christ’s passion and crucifixion. This is one of ...
The main facade for Lugano’s Renaissance cathedral is a real treasure, carved from white limestone and Carrara marble. The cathedral dates to the turn of the 16th century, and was constructed over a much earlier Romanesque building. The three portals are sculpted with medallions and Renaissance motifs like birds and puttoes. And between them are ma...
The Nobel Prize-winning German author Hermann Hesse moved to the lakefront village of Montagnola in 1919 and remained there until he died in 1962. A museum has been created in Casa Camuzzi, his first home in the village. While living here he wrote classics like Siddhartha, Steppenwolf and Narcissus and Goldmund. In the Torre Camuzzi you can examine...
Officially part of Lugano since 2004 is this charming lakeside village clinging to the eastern slopes of Monte Brè. Gandria is unspoiled and looks much as it did a hundred years ago when the village was a den of illicit trade. The high customs duties for goods like cigarettes and meat made this remote stretch of the Swiss-Italian border a prime tar...
By joumina17. A wonderfull stroll in this garden between the flowers and trees. See ways to experience (12) 5. Church of S. Maria degli Angioli. 575. Churches & Cathedrals. By ANGELOV230. ... the "Passion and Crucifixion" fresco, by Bernardino Luini, the most famous Renaissance fresco in Switzerland, dat...
- Monte Brè. For one of the best views of Lugano, ride the funicular to the top of Monte Brè. Once at the top, dine at one of several restaurants, go hiking or mountain biking, or simply enjoy the view.
- Cruise Lake Lugano. One of the best things to do in Lugano is to get out on the lake. There are many different ways to experience Lake Lugano. Take a scenic round-trip cruise from town, use the ferry to hop from point to point along lake Lugano, or ride the ferry to Gandria and walk back to town from here.
- Olive Grove Trail. The Olive Grove Trail is a walking trail along Lake Lugano that connects Gandria and Castagnola. It is 3.4 km in length and easy to walk.
- Hermann Hesse Museum. Hermann Hesse was a German-born poet who received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1946. His most famous works include Steppenwolf, Damien, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game.
Lugano, Switzerland. Perfectly positioned on a lake with the Alps at its back, lucky Lugano has a little bit of everything. Ride a cable car up Monte San Salvatore or Monte Bre for sunny panoramas of lake, rivers, mountains and red-roofed buildings. Explore the town's churches, cathedrals and the expressive and colorful Piazza della Riforma.
Lugano. Ticino’s lush, mountain-rimmed lake isn’t its only liquid asset. The largest city in the canton is also the country’s third-most-important banking centre. Suits aside, Lugano is a vivacious city, with posh designer boutiques, bars and pavement cafes huddling in the spaghetti maze of steep cobblestone streets that untangle at the ...
