Piazzogna in Locarno District (Canton Ticino) with it’s 395 habitants is located in Switzerland about 86 mi (or 139 km) south-east of Bern, the country’s capital town.
The area timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 1 hour. We understand of 9 airports close to Piazzogna, that 4 are larger airports. Closest airport in Switzerland is Locarno Airport within a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North-East. Apart from the airports, there are additional travel solutions (check left side).
There are many Unesco world heritage sites nearby. Closest heritage site in Switzerland is Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts from the Market-Town of Bellinzona in a distance of 10 mi (or 17 km), North-East. We encountered 4 tourist attractions near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels towards the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you may want to check out a number 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 is situated around the Gambarogno-side of Lake Maggiore, with a plain from the hills between Piazzogna and Vairano.
On this place, Otto Eisenhut, a patient and talented cultivator of plants and trees, cultivated thousands of beautiful and vibrant flowering plants like 950 forms of camelias, 450 different magnolias, azaleas, peonies and Rhododendron with a the top of greater than 20’000 m2.
In addition, here grows also ivy, pines, juniper as well as other rare European and exotic coniferous trees.
Since the beginning of the season 2000 the park is led from the donation ” parco botanico del gambarogno “, which is to ensure that the continuity of the attractive garden with its valuable botanic collection.
Visitors need an hour for your stop by at this park, connoisseurs probably somewhat longer.
Cardada Cimetta
Have you thought that above Locarno you will find there’s view point where you will see concurrently the minimum point (Lago Maggiore) as well as 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 the entire region of Lake Maggiore. To the east the vista stretches from your Magadino Plain to Bellinzona. On the west the view extends over one of the most famous peaks from the Swiss Alps including the Dufour. To the south, beyond the mountains that surround Lake Maggiore, you can see from the distance the Ligurian Apennines, located near Genoa.
Further down, a couple of meters away from the arrival station from the cable car a footbridge was built which winds its way over the tops in the trees of the woods below. Out of this unusual scenic promontory it is possible to admire the river, the Centovalli and parts of the Maggia Valley.
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