Begin and end of tour: Morcote
Technical requirements: medium difficulty
Physical fitness: medium difficulty
Distance: 25.4 km
Total altitude meters: 655 m
Biking time: 02:00 - 03:00 (hours, minutes)
Elevation start and end of tour: 272 m
Season: January - December
Panorama: Gorgeous views of Lake Lugano
Gastronomy: Morcote, Carona, Carabbia
Overnight: Morcote
Various: Village center of Morcote and of Carona
Access starting point: Train ride from Lugano to Melide. From Melide take the bus to Morcote.
Access point of arrival: Morcote
Literature: Bike-Explorer
Monte Arbostora
Morcote
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The steep chestnut forests of the Sottoceneri region offer the ideal backdrop to a hard day�s mountain biking. Discover this for yourself by taking the scenic tour from picturesque Morcote across Monte Arbostora. Sensational views of Lake Lugano will compete with endless single trails for your attention on the second part of the tour. In a word, this tour is a byword for unparalleled biking pleasure in a fabulous landscape. What more could a biker want?
Morcote - Vico Morcote - Baslona - Alpe Vicania - Madonna d'Ongero - Carona - Carabbia - Morcote
From Morcote, take a side street across Vico Morcote and ascend in this fashion to Baslona. Continue onwards towards Carona, past Alpe Vicania and the Chapel of Madonna d�Ongero (Kapelle Madonna d�Ongero). Leave Carabbia and return to Morcote via a long Single Trail requiring biking skill and technique.
Pictures: http://www.bike-explorer.ch
From Morcote, take a side street across Vico Morcote and ascend in this fashion to Baslona. Continue onwards towards Carona, past Alpe Vicania and the Chapel of Madonna d�Ongero (Kapelle Madonna d�Ongero). Leave Carabbia and return to Morcote via a long Single Trail requiring biking skill and technique.
Pictures: http://www.bike-explorer.ch
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Contact Information
- Parco Scherrer
6922 Morcote
Tel. +41 (0)91 996 21 25
www.lugano-tourism.ch