Facts You Should Learn About Visiting Piazzogna

Piazzogna in Locarno District (Canton Ticino) with it’s 395 habitants is situated in Switzerland about 86 mi (or 139 km) south-east of Bern, the nation’s capital town.

The area timezone is called Europe / Zurich by having an UTC offset of a single hour. We understand of 9 airports all-around Piazzogna, that 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Locarno Airport within a distance of three mi (or 5 km), North-East. Apart from the airports, there are more travel possibilities (check left side).

There are many Unesco world heritage sites nearby. Closest heritage site in Switzerland is Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts from the Market-Town of Bellinzona within a distance of 10 mi (or 17 km), North-East. We encountered 4 destinations near this location. Prefer a hotel, we compiled a directory of available hotels near to the map centre further listed below.

While being here, you may want to go to see some of the following locations: Veddasca, Curiglia, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore, Tronzano Lago Maggiore and Agra.

Botanical garden of Gambarogno

This magnificent botanic garden is situated about the Gambarogno-side of Lake Maggiore, on a plain in the hills between Piazzogna and Vairano.

With this place, Otto Eisenhut, someone and talented cultivator of plants and trees, cultivated 1000s of beautiful and vibrant flowering plants like 950 forms of camelias, 450 different magnolias, azaleas, peonies and Rhododendron on a the top of a lot more than 20’000 m2.

Additionally, here grows also ivy, pines, juniper and also other rare European and exotic coniferous trees.

Since the beginning of the season 2000 the park is led by the donation ” parco botanico del gambarogno “, which is to be sure that the continuity of this attractive garden using its valuable botanic collection.

Visitors need an hour for that holiday to this park, connoisseurs probably somewhat longer.

Cardada Cimetta

Have you considered that above Locarno there’s a view point from which you can observe at the same time the lowest point (Lago Maggiore) and the highest point (Dufour Peak in Monte Rosa) in Switzerland?

For the summit with the mountain, 1671 meters above sea level, a viewing platform was built which overlooks the entire region of Lake Maggiore. To the east the view stretches from the Magadino Plain to Bellinzona. For the west the view extends over some of the most famous peaks of the Swiss Alps for example the Dufour. To florida, beyond the mountains that surround Lake Maggiore, you can see from the distance the Ligurian Apennines, located near Genoa.

Further down, several meters away from the arrival station with the cable car a footbridge was built which winds its way through the tops from the trees from the woods below. Because of this unusual scenic promontory you can admire the river, the Centovalli and elements of the Maggia Valley.

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