Hello again, it has been a while! During the spring holidays, Alessio and I hot footed it down to Lugano. I have been there on numerous occasions, but it is a beautiful place to see. We took the train down on a Sunday and caught a bus to our hotel.
Since right next to the hotel was the Monte San Salvatore Funicular, we decided to go up. Monte San Salvatore is 912m above sea level and has wonderful views of Lugano, the lake, and the mountains. We also had our lunch there at the restaurant Vetta. We had a short wonder around and Alessio went up to see the church and the higher views.
Once back down we walked the promenade, the views of Lugano surrounded by the hills are quite dramatic. As it was quite a hot day, we retreated back to the hotel for a rest. Later on we went out to find a place for dinner and then a night walk by the lake.
The next day was quite overcast and a bit rainy, so we took a boat trip and got off at Gandria and decided to walk back to Lugano. It takes about one hour but it is a lovely walk. Gandria is situated on the northern shore of Lake Lugano. It has lots of stairs and narrow alleyways, it is very charming and it is definitely worth a visit.
Once back in Lugano we looked for restaurant for lunch and had another walk around the town again. There is lots street art so we decided to try to look for it. We found 5 or 6, I really enjoy seeing street art. We also noticed lots of beautiful and colourful flower displays.
Tuesday dawned and it was a much rainy day than Monday, I mentioned to Alessio we visit the dreaded M word, museum and an art museum at that and he said no thanks! So we decided to head back to Zurich once we checked out.
All and all it was nice and short trip away and the first once since last August. I have since had two more short trips to Lausanne and Montreux, which I will hopefully post about at a later date.
Hope you all had a good start to the week!
Emma
