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| At the top of the cablecar at San Salvatore |
On our first full day, we took advantage of the fine weather. After breakfast at our hotel, which had quite a good choice, we took our nearest bus, number 2, to Paradiso and then it was a short walk to the funicular station for
Monte San Salvatore. With our GAs, we paid half price for the return trip. We took our seats in the front cabin. There was a steep ascent to the top, at 882 metres.
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| From the church roof, we had an even better view all round |
We walked round, took lots of photos, and then climbed a path to the 912 metre summit. We also visited the little church and climbed up to its roof. From here we took lots more photos of the panoramic view. We could see the motorway bridge to Italy, the surrounding mountains and the
lake of Lugano on the Swiss side. It was quite spectacular. There was also a small museum, with relics and rocks from millions of years back.
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| On a boat from Paradiso to Gandria - sunny |
After seeing everything, we took the next funicular down to Paradiso, From there we walked down to the lake, and got straight onto a
boat trip to Gandria and Lugano. The pleasant boat trip lasted an hour and we had great views all round the small villages.
Back in Lugano, we had a pizza at
Restaurant Mary. I had a capricciosa with artichokes, ham, olives and cheese, with two glasses of pale white Merlot from Ticino.It was all very tasty. Then we walked to the funicular to go to the station, from where we took a bus 2 to our hotel. I bought some postcards.
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| In the square we could see Restaurant Olimpia while we had wine |
In the evening, we went down to
Sass Cafe in the square we used to visit, near our old favourite, Ristorante Olimpia. We had some white Merlot with an appetiser of cheese, bread and olives. It was very pleasant.
