Part One – Walks from Lugano

  • Walk 1 The lakeside at Paradiso, at the start of the walk
  • Walk 1 The first part of the walk runs along Lugano's palm-fringed lakeside promenade
  • Walk 1 The walk runs through the Parco Ciani on Lugano's lakeside
  • Walk 1 Walkers (right) on the Sentiero d'Olivio near Gandria
  • Walk 1 The village of Gandria at the end of the walk
  • Walk 1 The route as it runs down to the lakeside in Gandria
  • Walk 1 Another view of Gandria
  • Walk 1 One of Lake Lugano's tourist boats departing Gandria
  • Walk 2 The first track marker post, in Campione d'Italia
  • Walk 2 The shoreline at Campione
  • Walk 2 Taking it easy in Campione d'Italia
  • Walk 2 The village of Caprino, close to the start of the walk
  • Walk 2 Another view of Caprino. The route heads along this cobbled track
  • Walk 2 The customs museum at Cantine di Gandria, at the end of the walk
  • Walk 2 The Swiss-Italian border marked at Cantine di Gandria
  • Walk 3 A view over Morcote from the end of the walk
  • Walk 3 The last part of the walk as it drops down into Morcote
  • Walk 3 Lakeside gardens in Morcote, viewed from the end of the walk
  • Walk 3 Morcote, at the end of the walk
  • Walk 3 Morcote's waterside
  • Walk 4 The lakefront at Caslano
  • Walk 4 A view over an arm of Lake Lugano from Monte Caslano
  • Walk 4 A view over Caslano from the walk
  • Walk 4 A view towards Caslano from the last part of the walk
  • Walk 4 The view of Caslano from the last part of the walk
  • Walk 4 A closer look at the same view
  • Walk 5 A winter view over Lugano and the mountains beyond, from the first part of the walking route
  • Walk 5 At the summit of Monte San Giorgio
  • Walk 5 On the terrace of the Hotel Serpiano, a stop towards the end of the walk
  • Walk 5 Morcote, seen from the Hotel Serpiano
  • Walk 6 The remarkable chapel at Alpe Foppa
  • Walk 6 Inside the chapel
  • Walk 6 The path leading up from the cable car station at Alpe Foppa to the transmission towers on Monte Tamaro, at the very start of the walk
  • Walk 6 The cable car station and chapel at Alpe Foppa, viewed from the walk's first ascent
  • Walk 6 A more distant view of the cable car station and chapel
  • Walk 6 The Capanna Monte Tamaro
  • Walk 6 Pausing at Passo d'Agario, with Monte Lema still another hour and a half away, according to the track marker post
  • Walk 6 Walkers approaching Monte Lema, at the end of the walk, with the cable car station visible on the left
  • Walk 7 Monte Boglia (top left of frame) as seen from Lugano
  • Walk 7 The view from the Denti della Vecchia
  • Walk 7 The Capanna Pairolo, a stop towards the end of the walk
  • Walk 8 The Capanna Monte Bar
  • Walk 8 On the terrace of the Capanna Monte Bar
  • Walk 8 The Motto della Croce viewpoint
  • Walk 8 The view over Lugano from Motto della Croce
  • Walk 8 The Capanna La Ginestra, a stop towards the end of the walk
  • Walk 9 The view towards Bellinzona from the Old Military Road
  • Walk 9 The viewpoint at Cima di Medeglia

 

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