Lugano Switzerland Travel

Lugano, the largest town in the holiday region of Ticino, is not only Switzerland's third most important financial centre and a conference, banking and business centre, but also a town of parks and flowers, villas and sacred buildings. With Mediterranean flair, Lugano offers all the advantages of a world-class city, combined with the cachet of a small town.

Lugano (/ l uː ˈ ɡ ɑː n oʊ /, also UK: / l ʊ ˈ-/, Italian: [luˈɡaːno]; Ticinese: Lugan) is a city in southern Switzerland in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino bordering Italy.It has a population (as of December 2017) of 63,494, and an urban agglomeration of over 145,000. The 9th largest Swiss city, it is the largest in Ticino and largest with an Italian speaking majority outside ...

The official website of Lugano Region offers all information for visiting Lugano and its region with practical advice on places of interest, activities, culture, gastronomy, events , hotel accommodation, meeting and congress spaces.

By Rick Steves. Lugano, the leading city of the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino, gives you Switzerland with an Italian accent. The town (population 60,000; metropolitan area jumps to 140,000) sprawls luxuriously along the shores of Lake Lugano.