Piazzogna in Locarno District (Canton Ticino) with it’s 395 habitants is found Switzerland about 86 mi (or 139 km) south-east of Bern, the nation’s capital town.
A nearby timezone is called Europe / Zurich with the UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports near Piazzogna, ones 4 are larger airports. The nearest airport in Switzerland is Locarno Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other 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 in 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 directory of available hotels near to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you should pay a visit to a few 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 located about the Gambarogno-side of Lake Maggiore, over a plain from the hills between Piazzogna and Vairano.
On this place, Otto Eisenhut, the patient and talented cultivator of plants and trees, cultivated a large number of beautiful and colourful flowering plants like 950 kinds of camelias, 450 different magnolias, azaleas, peonies and Rhododendron with a the top of a lot more 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 year 2000 the park is led from the donation ” parco botanico del gambarogno “, which is to guarantee the continuity of this attractive garden featuring its valuable botanic collection.
Visitors need one hour for the stop by at this park, connoisseurs probably somewhat longer.
Cardada Cimetta
Maybe you have belief that above Locarno there is a view point from which you can see simultaneously the best point (Lago Maggiore) as well as the highest point (Dufour Peak in Monte Rosa) in Switzerland?
For the summit in the mountain, 1671 meters above sea level, a viewing platform was built which overlooks the whole region of Lake Maggiore. Towards the east the scene stretches from the Magadino Plain to Bellinzona. For the west the scene extends over many of the most famous peaks of the Swiss Alps such as the Dufour. Towards the south, beyond the mountains that surround Lake Maggiore, you can see within the distance the Ligurian Apennines, located near Genoa.
Further down, a few meters out of the arrival station from the cable car a footbridge was built which winds its way across the tops of the trees of the woods below. Because of this unusual scenic promontory you’ll be able to admire the forest, the Centovalli and areas of the Maggia Valley.
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