There are many and various reasons for deciding to spend a holiday in the Lake Lugano Region – the part of canton Ticino south of Monte Ceneri that projects wedge-like into Lombardy. Easily accessible, it stands at a crossroads between Northern Europe and Italy.
In spite of – or possibly because of – this openness to outside influences, the region has maintained a distinct personality, whose unmistakable features are readily identified.
Much of its success as a centre of tourism derives from its temperate climate, moderated by the presence of the lake, with mild winters and a high average of sunny days.
The landscape has not been spoilt by excessive urbanisation and its natural balance of mountain, hill and lowland makes it an agreeable place to be in any season, offering a wide range of activities: mountain hiking to heights of almost 2000 metres, bathing in lake, playing tennis or golf, sailing, windsurfing, water-skiing, walking through virtually unspoilt countryside and villages, as well as doing essential business and shopping.
More rapid development has occurred in the course of the past century with the opening of rail and road communications between Italy and the North.
The area around Ceresio (Lake Lugano) became therefore a destination for tourists and holiday makers and this process has gone on ever since and is appreciated by a large number of tourists for its fine climate but also for the typical uses and customs of the Mediterranean way of life.
The region
There are many and various reasons for deciding to spend a holiday in the Lake Lugano Region – the part of canton Ticino south of Monte Ceneri that projects wedge-like into Lombardy. Easily accessible, it stands at a crossroads between Northern Europe and Italy.
In spite of – or possibly because of – this openness to outside influences, the region has maintained a distinct personality, whose unmistakable features are readily identified.
Much of its success as a centre of tourism derives from its temperate climate, moderated by the presence of the lake, with mild winters and a high average of sunny days.
The landscape has not been spoilt by excessive urbanisation and its natural balance of mountain, hill and lowland makes it an agreeable place to be in any season, offering a wide range of activities: mountain hiking to heights of almost 2000 metres, bathing in lake, playing tennis or golf, sailing, windsurfing, water-skiing, walking through virtually unspoilt countryside and villages, as well as doing essential business and shopping.
More rapid development has occurred in the course of the past century with the opening of rail and road communications between Italy and the North.
The area around Ceresio (Lake Lugano) became therefore a destination for tourists and holiday makers and this process has gone on ever since and is appreciated by a large number of tourists for its fine climate but also for the typical uses and customs of the Mediterranean way of life.