Excursions 
Monte Tamaro – Modern Mountain Chapel high above Ticino
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The Foppa Alp below Monte Tamaro, a starting point for many mountain hiking tours, exercises a great attraction: Here, at 1,530 meters above sea level, Mario Botta built the church Santa Maria degli Angeli at the request of the Mountain Trains.
On the actual peak of Monte Tamaro (a 90-minute walk from the mountain station), you will be rewarded with one of the best panoramas in the southern mountains of Ticino: You will be able to see the snow-capped 4000-meter Valaisian peaks around Monte Rosa up to the Bergamasker Alps. Aside from a large adventure park, one of the longest Tyroliennes and a coaster facility, the Alpe Foppa is graced by the famous mountain chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli, designed by Mario Botta. Built between 1992 and 1994, the chapel represents an innovation in church architecture. It presides over the peak of a slope, from which one can enjoy an unusual panorama.
Weary wanderers, coming from Monte Lema often use the gondola train from Alpe Foppa (Tamaro) down to Rivera.
Weary wanderers, coming from Monte Lema often use the gondola train from Alpe Foppa (Tamaro) down to Rivera.
Access:
The starting point of the gondola train in Rivera can be reachd by regional train from Bellinzona or Lugano. By car: Take the Rivera exit on the A1 (Gotthard-Autobahn) immediately south of the Ceneri Tunnel and drive on the cantonal road to the valley station.
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- Monte Tamaro SA
6802 Riviera
Tel. +41 (0)91 946 23 03
Fax +41 (0)91 946 47 48
info@montetamaro.ch - www.montetamaro.ch