Trip to Ticino Switzerland (staying in Lugano)
Come join us for a variety of activities in the beautiful Italian section of Switzerland!
Train, hotel, and tour reservations will be made and paid for by the participant.
Please sign up ASAP. If we do not have 6 participants by October 6 the trip will be cancelled.
Itinerary
Monday 27 October - Lugano
Train to Lugano at 8:54 Arriiving in Lugano at 13:58
Free 90 minute walking tour of Lugano, daily at 16.30
The following are suggested activities. You can choose what you wish to do. We can go as a group or individuals may choose other activities.
You will receive more detailed information when you sign up for the trip.
Tuesday 28 October
Bellinzona and The Tibetan Bridge
Visit UNESCO-listed medieval castles—Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso Corbaro. These castles were built in the medieval age and, in the 1500s, were part of a fortress protecting Switzerland from Italy.
https://www.ticino.ch/en/commons/details/Art%C3%B9-the-small-train-of-the-Castles/131449.html
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Wednesday 29 October -
Valle Verzasca - Hike
Morcote
Lake Como
Thursday 30 October
Gandria and the Olive Grove Trail
Suggested Hotels:
Hotel Acquarello Swiss Quality
Hotel Pestalozzi
Return trains EC and IC21 are every hour at 2 minutes after the hour.