Brissago - Ronco
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BRISSAGO AND RONCO, the scent of the south
Lying at the lowest point in Switzerland, just 197 metres above sea level, and perched between the shores of Lake Maggiore and the steep mountains behind, Brissago is a small town on the Italian frontier.
Lying at the lowest point in Switzerland, just 197 metres above sea level, and perched between the shores of Lake Maggiore and the steep mountains behind, Brissago is a small town on the Italian frontier.
Brissago is famous not only for its tobacco and cigar factory, but also for its islands, which seen from above look like bright green spots in the blue of the lake. Between 1885 and 1928 Baroness Antonietta Saint-Léger, a Russian of German origin, planted a botanical garden designed as an earthly paradise, and her successor, the department store king Max Emden, continued her work.
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Access
By railway:
By air:
By railway:
- from north: line St. Gotthard: 3 hrs from Zürich, 7 hrs from Frankfurt a. M., 10 hrs from Paris.
- from south: line Milano 2 œ hrs. 7 œ hrs from Rome
- Centovallina: ( Domodossola - Locarno ): 5 hrs. from Geneva, 2 hrs from Domodossola
- The Lago Maggiore area can be reached easily in summer and winter by the excellent highway A2 Basel Chiasso, exit Bellinzona south, accessible via Simplon, and via Centovalli
- from Northern Italy along the Lake Maggiore
By air:
- direct flights from the bigger Swiss and international cities to Lugano-Agno airport (40 Km)
- Shuttle-bus Lugano - Milan/Malpensa (100 Km)
- International airport Zürich/Kloten (212 Km)
- Connections by boat and wing boat from/to Italy by the shipping company "Lago Maggiore".
Highlights
Today the neo-classical villa contains a restaurant and the administration offices of the Botanical Park of Canton Ticino. Their plants are still there, together with the Himalayan cinnamon with its scent of camphor, the Madagascar gladiolus, the bald cypress from the swamps of North America with its trunk under water, and numerous other exotic species.
The islands of Brissago are easy to reach by boat, have the mildest climate in Switzerland, and can be best admired from Ronco s/Ascona, a little village caressed by the sun, situated on the slopes of the mountain and characterised by the church of San Martino, which dominates the surrounding countryside. The hill between Ronco and Monte Verità above Ascona is the site of luxury villas, and the view can be enjoyed from one of the spectacular footpaths. Here, especially on clear winter and spring days, you can discover all the charm of the south: mimosas and agave grow between the walls and the view over the lake is of a rare beauty.
The islands of Brissago are easy to reach by boat, have the mildest climate in Switzerland, and can be best admired from Ronco s/Ascona, a little village caressed by the sun, situated on the slopes of the mountain and characterised by the church of San Martino, which dominates the surrounding countryside. The hill between Ronco and Monte Verità above Ascona is the site of luxury villas, and the view can be enjoyed from one of the spectacular footpaths. Here, especially on clear winter and spring days, you can discover all the charm of the south: mimosas and agave grow between the walls and the view over the lake is of a rare beauty.
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Contact Information
- Ente Turistico Lago Maggiore
Via R. Leoncavallo 25
6614 Brissago
Tel. +41 (0)91 791 00 91
Fax +41 (0)91 785 19 41
buongiorno@maggiore.ch
www.maggiore.ch
