Locarno Switzerland


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Locarno, Information and images

  • The town of 15,000 inhabitants is located in the Swiss canton of Ticino on the north shore of Lake Maggiore.. <9> <9> Worth Seeing: <9> <9> Piazza Grande <9> Ticino´s largest square, with its many 19th-century buildings, surmounted by the 14th-century Torre di Comune <9 > <9> San Francesco , Via San Francesco <9> The church was consecrated in 1613 and enlarged in the 15th century.. <9> <9> San Vittore , Muralto <9> Presumably it was founded in the 4th century.. The building dates back to the 12th century. <9> <9> Museo Civico , Visconteo Castle <9> Here are findings from the Bronze Age.. Also, the loss of the Locarnopakt negotiations is explained.

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  • South of the mouth of the Maggia is the place on Lake Maggiore.. Around 1900, numerous promenente came here to the lake, including Hermann Hesse, Marianne von Werefkin and Alexei Jawlensky.. <9> <9> Worth seeing: <9> <9> The lake promenade is considered to be the most beautiful on the Swiss shore of Lake Maggiore.. <9> <9> Chiesa dei Santi Pietro and Paolo , Via San Pietro <9> A predecessor building dates from the early Middle Ages, from which the bell tower is still preserved.. The frescoes were created in the 15th century, the altarpiece around 1600. <9> <9> Museo Comunale d´Arte Moderna , Via Borgo 34 <9> Housed in Palazzo Pancaldi, it displays works of art commissioned by Marianne von Werefkin and Richard Seewald.

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Video films of the place and surroundings

 
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Motorhome place campsite Delta

CP ()6600 Locarno Switzerland
Pay for use site 46.80 until 85 Euro
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open 1.März until 31.Oktober

Motorhome place Area di Locarno

SP ()6601 Locarno Switzerland
Pay for use site 20 Euro
WMSEN DwcU
open 1.Januar until 31.Dezember

Motorhome place Locarno

NO ()6600 Locarno Switzerland
Pay for use site 16.30 Euro
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open Januar until Dezember

Motorhome place Parkplatz Locarno

NO ()6602 Locarno Switzerland
Pay for use site 16.30 Euro
WMSEN DwcU
open 1.Januar until 31.Dezember

Selected parking spaces

| Parking suitable for campers over 5 m
Parkplatz Coop-Supermarkt
schweiz 6573 Tenero Via Delle Ressighe
Behind the Coop supermarket, just after the AB exit Tenero.
How to get there: AB exit (Bellinzona-Locarno) choose Tenero, then follow the signs to the Coop supermarket.
| Parking suitable for campers over 5 m
Parkplatz
schweiz Locarno
If the pitch is occupied, you can spend the night here. Parking machine, can be paid with app

Selected sights

| monument
Kampferbaum in Locarno
Schweiz 6644 Locarno Via Borghese
Locarno has three trees with trunks over 7 meters in circumference. One grows near the train station and has several stems, another is in the garden of the ´San Carlo´ old people´s home. The most powe. . . FURTHER . . .
| monument
Planetenweg Locarno
Schweiz 6600 Locarno Via Gioacchino Respini 8
The planet path illustrates our solar system with the nine planets.
Here, near the Lido, is the
Sonne, N46. 15482, E8. 79883
- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter are on the upper path . . . FURTHER . . .
| Miscellaneous
Centrovallibahn
schweiz 6600 Solduno Via alle Vigne 49
Planning work for this masterpiece of railway history began in 1898. By 1923, construction work had been completed on 83 bridges and 31 tunnels along this 52km mountain route.
It Runs from Locarno. . . FURTHER . . .
| Sightseeing
Planetenweg Locarno
schweiz 6600 Locarno Via Gioacchino Respini
The path begins with the sun at the mouth of the Maggia. Up to Saturn we follow the upper path on the north bank of the river which we cross there. Further along the south bank, past Uranus, we meet N. . . FURTHER . . .
| observation tower
Cardada
schweiz 6600 Locarno Cardada
A viewing platform with a wonderful view over Locarno, Lake Maggiore and the surrounding mountains.
To be reached via:
Funicular Locarno - Madonna-del-Sasso
Cable car further to Cardada
Another cable car leads to Cimetta

Selected service points

| public water point fountain spring
Wasser
schweiz 6652 Ponte Brolla
brick fountain at the roadside

Selected gastronomy

| eMail
schweiz 6942 Gambarogno
Alpe di Neggia 1, 6574 Piazzogna, Switzerland
The beer garden has a great view of Lake Maggiore and the mountains. The restaurant has a few simple dishes and homemade cakes.
Access relatively narro. . . FURTHER . . .
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Ristorante Alla Cantina
schweiz 6652 Tegna
Tu-Su 11:00-14:30, 18:00-23:00
| hotel
Hotel Al Fiume
schweiz 6652 Ponte Brolla
| eMail
McDonalds, Via Stazione 1 , Muralto, Schweiz
schweiz 6600 Muralto, Muralto Via San Gottardo
| eMail
McDonalds, Via Stazione 1 , Muralto, Schweiz
schweiz 6600 Muralto, Muralto Via San Gottardo

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General Pois

| Mountain pass
Alpe di Neggia
schweiz 6571 Rii Via Indemini
Die Alpe di Neggia ist ein Pass im Kanton Tessin. Er verbindet die Schweizer Orte Vira und Indemini mit dem italienischen Maccagno.Die Passhöhe ist 1395m.
| church
Wallfahrtskirche Madonna del Sasso
schweiz 6644 Orselina Via Santuario 2
Around 1480 the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared here to the Franciscan Bartolomeo d´Ivrea. He then built a small chapel here.
| mountain hut
Capanna Monti di Lego
schweiz 6647 Busada
The hut is located in Locarnese, in Val Resa at 1106m. Access: Resa di Dentro (P) in 50 minutes, from Cardada (Teleferica) in 2 hours.
| mountain hut
Rifugio Alpetto di Caviano
schweiz 6577 Sant´Abbondio
The hut is located at the Monti di Caviano at 1255m. Approach from: Caviano (BUS) in 3 hours. The hut is unattended.
| golf
Golf Club Patriziale Ascona
schweiz 6612 Ascona Via Lido 81
Golf Club Patriziale Ascona
41 (0)91 785 11 77