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.
A nearby timezone is termed Europe / Zurich with the UTC offset of 1 hour. We know of 9 airports near to Piazzogna, of which 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 many travel possibilities (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona within a distance of 10 mi (or 17 km), North-East. We encountered 4 tourist attractions near this location. Should you prefer a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels near the map centre further on the next paragraphs.
While being here, you may want to pay a visit to many 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 found about the Gambarogno-side of Lake Maggiore, on the plain from the hills between Piazzogna and Vairano.
In this place, Otto Eisenhut, the patient and talented cultivator of plants and trees, cultivated a large number of beautiful and vibrant flowering plants like 950 types of camelias, 450 different magnolias, azaleas, peonies and Rhododendron on a the top of greater than 20’000 m2.
Moreover, here grows also ivy, pines, juniper and also other rare European and exotic coniferous trees.
Since the beginning of the year 2000 the park is led with the donation ” parco botanico del gambarogno “, which is to guarantee the continuity of the attractive garden having its valuable botanic collection.
Visitors need one hour for that visit to this park, connoisseurs probably somewhat longer.
Cardada Cimetta
Maybe you have considered that above Locarno there’s a view point from where you can see simultaneously the minimum point (Lago Maggiore) and the highest point (Dufour Peak in Monte Rosa) in Switzerland?
On the summit from the mountain, 1671 meters above sea level, a viewing platform was built which overlooks the entire region of Lake Maggiore. On the east the scene stretches in the Magadino Plain to Bellinzona. Towards the west the vista extends over probably the most famous peaks of the Swiss Alps like the Dufour. To florida, past the mountains that surround Lake Maggiore, you can see inside the distance the Ligurian Apennines, located near Genoa.
Further down, several meters from the arrival station with the cable car a footbridge was built which winds its way throughout the tops with the trees in the woods below. From this unusual scenic promontory you can admire the river, the Centovalli and parts of the Maggia Valley.
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