Locarno Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Locarno is in Switzerland.
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Get in
By car
Take highway A2 Basel to Chiasso, exit at Bellinzona South.
By train
Regular trains link Locarno directly with Zurich, Basel, Lucerne and Bellinzona
Get around
By bike
Bike rental can be found at the train station (Piazza Stazione, Tel. +39-091-7436564). Rental fee: CHF30/day (8AM-7PM).
See
- Piazza Grande. It is the heart of the city center and also the major shopping area.
- Santuario della Madonna del Sasso
- Castello Visconteo, a castle which today serves as Municipal and Archeological Museum.
- The Casa Rusca Gallery
Do
- Take boat trips on Lake Maggiore
- Walk the Lake Maggiore promenade
- moon and stars music festival [1] in July attracts international acts.
- Locarno International Film Festival (Festival del Film internazionale) [2] in the first two weeks of August on Piazza Grande, biggest open air screen in Europe. Date for 2006: Aug 2-12.
Buy
Most of shopping areas are located on the arcades of Piazza Grande or in the Old Town.
Eat
Drink
- Bar Sport (free entry, house music)
- Simba (free entry, disco music)
- Irish Pub (CHF 10.- entry, hit music)
- Vanilla Club (expensive, good house music)
Sleep
Ramada Hotel Arcadia [3], Lungolago G. Motta, Tel. +41-91-7561818. This hotel offers children's programs.
Hotel du Lac [4], Via Ramogna 3
Hotel Dell'angelo [5] Piazza Grande
Hotel Gottardo Garni [6] Via San Gottardo 18
Garni Fiorentina [7] Via St.Antonio 10
Castello Schloss-Hotel [8] Via B. Rusca 9 / S. Francesco 7a (min. 3 nights)
Villa India, Via ai Monti 62, +41-91-751 32 73. On the hillside above Locarno, this modest hotel offers lovely views of Locarno and the lake.
Pensione Olanda [9], Via ai Monti 139a. Charming bed-and-breakfast-style pensione; beautiful breakfast terrace with views of Locarno and the lake; wonderful innkeeper Irmgard Balbina, very helpful.
