Switzerland

Ticino

Ticino

The canton, province Ticino has the southmost part of Switzerland. In the South there is a Mediterranean weather ( the deepest point of Switzerland with 192m above Sea level ) and in the North, the alpine Part, with mountains higher then 3000m, and skiing facilities in winter. Ticino is constituted as a republic. Italian is the native language, which  most of the people speaks. In the Ticino you can find villages like
Lugano
Locarno
Ascona
Gandria
Brissago
Mendrisio
Bosco Gurin

and much, much more

Ticino Map

A lot of people spent every year their holidays in Ticino, or a few days during a long weekend. We/I too. In the past with my parents in the villages at the Monte Bre and San Salvatore at Lugano. But the Ticino has also some problems. One of them is the international transit route crosses the Alps and the Ticino.
My last visit, for a weekend, was in the region of Bellinzona, the Capital "City". It was the September, 1st and 2nd 2001, with the beginning of the best time for a visit or holiday, not to hot, but sunny and dry and were the forest start to change their colors. A few pictures can you see in my galleries with the "film 20 years E81".