Piazzogna in Locarno District (Canton Ticino) with it’s 395 habitants is found in Switzerland about 86 mi (or 139 km) south-east of Bern, the country’s capital town.
The neighborhood timezone is named Europe / Zurich having an UTC offset of 1 hour. We all know of 9 airports near Piazzogna, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Locarno Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North-East. Aside from the airports, there are additional travel possibilities (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The nearest heritage site in Switzerland is Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts from the Market-Town of Bellinzona inside a distance of 10 mi (or 17 km), North-East. We encountered 4 tourist attractions near this location. If you want a hotel, we compiled a listing of available hotels near the map centre further on the next paragraphs.
While being here, you may want to check out some 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 can be found on the Gambarogno-side of Lake Maggiore, over a plain in the hills between Piazzogna and Vairano.
On this place, Otto Eisenhut, the patient and talented cultivator of plants and trees, cultivated 1000s of beautiful and vibrant flowering plants like 950 varieties of camelias, 450 different magnolias, azaleas, peonies and Rhododendron with a the top of more than 20’000 m2.
Furthermore, here grows also ivy, pines, juniper and other rare European and exotic coniferous trees.
Since the beginning of this year 2000 the park is led by the donation ” parco botanico del gambarogno “, which would be to be sure that the continuity of the attractive garden having its valuable botanic collection.
Visitors need one hour for your visit to this park, connoisseurs probably somewhat longer.
Cardada Cimetta
Have you ever believed that above Locarno there’s a view point from which you can observe simultaneously the minimum point (Lago Maggiore) as well as the highest point (Dufour Peak in Monte Rosa) in Switzerland?
On the summit of the mountain, 1671 meters above sea level, a viewing platform was built which overlooks the entire region of Lake Maggiore. To the east the scene stretches from the Magadino Plain to Bellinzona. For the west the view extends over some of the most famous peaks of the Swiss Alps including the Dufour. To the south, past the mountains that surround Lake Maggiore, you can observe within the distance the Ligurian Apennines, located near Genoa.
Further down, several meters outside the arrival station with the cable car a footbridge was built which winds its way across the tops in the trees of the woods below. Because of this unusual scenic promontory you are able to admire the river, the Centovalli and aspects of the Maggia Valley.
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