Is lugano in switzerland or italy

The city of Lugano is on its namesake lake in Switzerland’s Italian Canton of Ticino, south of the first ridge of the alps. As a tourist escape, Lugano hardly needs introduction.

The wild beauty of the lakeshore, the dominating San Salvatore and Brè Mountains all speak for themselves and need to be top of your holiday plans.

And in the city you’ll fall for the Italianate architecture, lakeside promenades, parks on the waterfront, chic shopping streets and lively squares with arcades and restaurant tables.

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The outlying villages also deserve some love and are huddled onto mountainsides over the lake. One, Montagnola was where the writer Hermann Hesse settled in 1919 and he was so fond of it he remained the until he died almost 50 years later.

Let’s explore the best things to do in Lugano:

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Lake Lugano

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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 sinuou

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