All roads lead to Ticino! ticino.ch/wege-ins-tessin The itinerary becomes part of the holiday: discover the best one for an exciting trip! “It’s marvelously rich and beautiful and there is everything, from the alpine landscapes to the Mediterranean ones” with these words the Nobel prize winner Hermann Hesse described Ticino, his adoptive homeland. Glaciers and palm trees, lakes and mountains, ancient churches and modern architecture, silent valleys and vibrating cities generate an harmonic ambiance. As various as Ticino’s attitudes are, as various are the ways to reach the region: it doesn’t matter whether you come by plane, car, train, bus, bicycle or on foot. Myriad of roads lead you to the sunny South of Switzerland: Ticino. Your journey begins only a stone’s throw away from you home. By train. Travelling by train in Switzerland is comfortable and very reliable; thanks to the world’s best rail system. Numerous international trains arrive in Ticino every hour from the gateways Basel und Zurich, stopping in Bellinzona, Lugano, Mendrisio and Locarno. The TILO-train offers connections within the main cities in Ticino every 20 minutes. By car. Ticino is easily accessible by car. The shortest way from the North to the South of the Alps is through the Gotthard road tunnel or the alpine pass. A modern and efficient motorway runs through all Ticino (A2). The Gotthard tunnel (17 kilometers) allows travellers to avoid climbing the majestic alpine passes. It is for 125 years that this tunnel has been linking the North with the South. By plane. The airport Lugano-Agno, situated only a few kilometres away from the city cen- tre of Lugano, can be reached via Zurich, Geneva and Rome. Lugano-Agno offers a fast and efficient service, thanks to a possible check-in of less than 20 minutes before departure. Additionally, there are three International airports of Milano which are all reachable in less than one hour from Ticino. You can reach them easily by the special train (TILO) or by shuttle buses. Ticino Turismo | Via Lugano 12 | Casella postale 1441 | CH – 6501 Bellinzona | Tel. +41 (0)91 825 70 56 | Fax +41 (0)91 825 36 14 | [email protected] | www.ticino.ch Transform your journey to Ticino into a unique experience! The easiest way to avoid traffic jams is to exit the highway A2 at Erstfeld, Amsteg or Wassen and follow the road to the Gotthard Pass. In addition to this road, there are many comfortable ways to reach Ticino. As follows we prepared a few suggestions to transform your journey towards Ticino into a unique experience. Info: ticino.ch/wege-ins-tessin Gotthard Pass. The Gotthard is the heart of the Alps. Travellers who always take a trip through the road tunnel, do definitely miss the essential sights. The Devil’s bridge, the Schöllenen-gorge, the Suvorov monument, the Urnerloch (the oldest tunnel in the Alps), the Swiss National Redoubt, the Roman Tremola – all historical places that you wouldn’t see if you come across the tunnel. It’s worth to consider the Gotthard alpine pass as a valid alternative. San Bernardino Pass. For a more northeasterly direction, the San Bernardino highway (A13) begins just north of Bellinzona and links Ticino to Eastern Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria. The pass crosses idyllic landscapes with a mysterious character, dotted with tiny water mirrors and glacial striations. The San Bernardino Pass is 2065 meters high. Lukmanier Pass. The “Passo del Lucomagno” connects the oriental part of the Blenio Valley and the Medel Valley, in Grisons. It was Barbarossa’s favourite way through the Alps to reach his Italian estate. Today, a pleasant road welcomes travellers from North to the “Valle del Sole” (the “Sun Valley”) in Ticino. Nufenen Pass. Even the massiv mountain transit of Nufenen offers many attractions. Up and down in the Alps, from Berne, you come across the Grimsel Pass and South of the Novena Pass, then there is a long descent following the Ticino River, which flows for 91 km to plunge in Lake Maggiore. Simplon Pass/Centovalli. Simplon road starts in Brig, in the white wine region of the Wallis. The southern part of that mountain lies already in Italy. From the market town Domodossola, the road continues to Valle Vigezzo and Centovalli, it ends on the shores of Lake Maggiore. Certainly, there are shorter ways to arrive in Ticino, but no one offers such a natural sight. Ticino Turismo | Via Lugano 12 | Casella postale 1441 | CH – 6501 Bellinzona | Tel. +41 (0)91 825 70 56 | Fax +41 (0)91 825 36 14 | [email protected] | www.ticino.ch.