Piazzogna in Locarno District (Canton Ticino) with it’s 395 habitants is situated in Switzerland about 86 mi (or 139 km) south-east of Bern, the country’s capital town.
The local timezone is called Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of just one hour. We all know of 9 airports close to Piazzogna, of which 4 are larger airports. Closest airport in Switzerland is Locarno Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North-East. Aside from the airports, there are more travel possibilities (check left side).
There are lots of Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The nearest heritage site in Switzerland is Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts from the Market-Town of Bellinzona inside a distance of 10 mi (or 17 km), North-East. We encountered 4 destinations near this location. Should you prefer a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further listed below.
While being here, you might want to check out a few of the following locations: Veddasca, Curiglia, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore, Tronzano Lago Maggiore and Agra.
Botanical garden of Gambarogno
This magnificent botanic garden can be found around the Gambarogno-side of Lake Maggiore, on a plain inside the hills between Piazzogna and Vairano.
Within this place, Otto Eisenhut, a patient and talented cultivator of plants and trees, cultivated a large number of beautiful and vibrant flowering plants like 950 kinds of camelias, 450 different magnolias, azaleas, peonies and Rhododendron over a surface of a lot more than 20’000 m2.
Additionally, here grows also ivy, pines, juniper along with other rare European and exotic coniferous trees.
Since the beginning of the season 2000 the park is led through the donation ” parco botanico del gambarogno “, which would be to ensure the continuity with this attractive garden featuring its valuable botanic collection.
Visitors need one hour for the holiday to this park, connoisseurs probably somewhat longer.
Cardada Cimetta
Have you considered that above Locarno there’s a view point where you can observe concurrently the best point (Lago Maggiore) and the highest point (Dufour Peak in Monte Rosa) in Switzerland?
On the summit of the mountain, 1671 meters above sea level, a viewing platform was built which overlooks your entire region of Lake Maggiore. On the east the vista stretches from your Magadino Plain to Bellinzona. On the west the scene extends over one of the most famous peaks of the Swiss Alps such as the Dufour. Towards the south, beyond the mountains that surround Lake Maggiore, you can view within the distance the Ligurian Apennines, located near Genoa.
Further down, a couple of meters outside the arrival station from the cable car a footbridge was built which winds its way over the tops in the trees in the woods below. Because of this unusual scenic promontory it is possible to admire the river, the Centovalli and elements of the Maggia Valley.
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