Lugano, Switzerland

We got up early today, caught a boat and then a bus, for our journey across the border into Switzerland. Lugano is another town situated on a large lake that runs across both Italy and Switzerland.

At first I was concerned that it would be too similar to the towns we had already visited on Lake Como, but it wasn’t. Lugano had a flair all its own — it was a mixture of modern and historic. And it was sizably larger than any of the towns on Lake Como. It’s one of the largest towns in Switzerland in surface area.

First view of the city

The mountains, town, and lake of Lugano

Markets on the streets of Lugano

Bell tower of San Lorenzo and curvy streets

The funicolare, cable cars that take you up the mountains

Gorgeous day — we took the funicolare up to the top of Mt. Bre (on the right)

View from the top of Mt. Bre — amazing, huh?

Another view from the top

To see all of our fun photos from today’s adventure, look at the Lugano album.

Tomorrow: Milan! 🙂