ascona-locarno
Where la dolce vita reigns
From palm trees to glaciers. The area around Lake Maggiore and its valleys will amaze you with its variety. Mild climate, exotic vegetation and panoramic peaks: who can offer you as much?
Enjoy the dolce vita in Ascona and visit the Brissago Islands. Photograph the camellias of the Gambarogno and sip a coffee on Locarno's Piazza Grande. Discover the beautiful valleys: the sunny gentleness of the Vallemaggia and the rushing waters of the Verzasca River. In the evening, take part in one of the many events. Wild nature or Mediterranean atmosphere: why choose when you can have both?
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Ecological holidays and responsible tourism are also possible in Switzerland's sunniest region...
Shopping in and around Lake Maggiore: gift ideas and tips for a day's shopping...
Swing the World is a Ticino-based project created by two young photography and videomaking enthusiasts...
The Terreni alla Maggia SA farm was founded in 1930 and covers an area of around 150 hectares of integrated agriculture,...
The culinary art that gives life to a dish starts from the essentials and is enriched by small gestures, great minds and inventions poised between genius, madness and fantasy...
Sacri Monti, characteristic markets, art galleries and museums tell a story about the Lake Maggiore region...
The Settimane Musicali di Ascona has been the most prestigious classical music festival in Italian-speaking Switzerland for 75 years....
The Locarno Film Festival is the most important film festival in Switzerland and one of the most important in Europe....
Whether in summer or winter, golfers in Ascona-Locarno never have to miss out on a game of golf...
Well-kept and comfortable lidos, welcoming public baths, beautiful natural beaches, grassy shores on which to lie and sunbathe...
Crystal-clear waters, white rocks glistening in the sun and water that would be the envy of the tropics...
Unique in terms of both landscape and history, it is in the running for UNESCO World Heritage status....
Considered the wildest valley in the entire region, the Onsernone Valley is an ideal destination for those seeking originality and tranquillity at the same time....
The Verzasca Valley is an idyllic valley set in an impressive mountain landscape....
The Gambarogno Riviera is a world of its own. On the left bank of Lake Maggiore, nature has given everything...
Locarno is the city of cinema on Lake Maggiore, and the ideal starting point for excursions into the surrounding valleys....
The Sacro Monte della Madonna del Sasso in Orselina is one of the most important historical and religious sites in Canton Ticino....
Monte Verità is a place of beauty and peace where you can rediscover the flavour of history and the energy of nature...
The Brissago Islands, cradled by Lake Maggiore and the Locarno mountains, are immersed in a microclimate that is exceptional even for the Southern Alps...
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