Clarissa and Lorenzo Orsi, B&B Cà San Matteo
60% of trail running is in your head, the rest is physical fitness.
Exceptional scenery
In Ticino it is all about hospitality and people. Locals, hotel owners, hosts, guides and waiters pamper who comes to visit us. A world of stories to be shared. Among these people we have selected some to tell you their amazing story.
Clarissa and Lorenzo Orsi, B&B Cà San Matteo
60% of trail running is in your head, the rest is physical fitness.
Exceptional scenery
Claudio Notari and Marco Pagani, qualified climbing instructors
Climbing is a human instinct.
Two climbing instructors high above Lake Lugano
Alessandro, Damiano and Luca, founders of Ticino Mountain Bike Trailbuilding
We wanted to develop flow trails.
Mountain Bike Trailbuilding in Ticino
Claudio Fontana, participant in the Processions of Holy Week
You wait 364 days for this moment.
A packed procession
Marialuce Valtulini, Cheesemaker
Gin and Ticino – like chalk and cheese.
"Traditions need to evolve and grow or they die out"
Pietro Zanoli, hut warden of Alpe Nimi
At the end of the season, I holiday up on the mountain together with the goats.
The goatherd and his native Ticino goats