Theme and adventure trails in Ticino

The subject of this trail is the relationship between wine growing and terroir.

The treasure hunts offered by Ascona-Locarno Tourism are a fun, amusing way of discovering the area. There are four treasures hidden there which can only be found by the craftiest adventurers.

Relish chestnuts - with all your senses - at Arosio in Malcantone. Malcantone lies between tall panoramic peaks such as Monte Lema and two inlets of Lake Lugano. The Tresa River, which flows from Lake Lugano at Ponte Tresa, and the mountains form the national border with Italy. Most of the 26 small communities of Malcantone are situated on the hills between the river Tresa and the mountains. The forest, which is composed mostly of chestnut trees, stretches from village to picturesque village. The churches in these villages are well worth visiting. Little arable land remains, since farming is difficult in this region, and thus nature in the form of the forest has reclaimed large areas.

The Bolle di Magadino, one of nine water meadow landscapes considered by the Swiss Academy for Natural Science to be of international importance, includes the delta of the Ticino and Verzasca Rivers at the Langensee (lake).

Sweet chestnuts, once upon a time an important staple is celebrating a gastronomic revival. On the Chestnut Trail you can find out all about it.