Excursions – ViaGottardo
Stage 16: Bellinzona – Tesserete
An undulating route between the Isonetal valley and Gola di Lago before the Capriasca region.
Nature rules here on the pass from Sopra- to Sottoceneri, where forests alternate with pastureland. Tesserete is reached along old tracks and pack-animal trails.
Length
20 km
Height difference
Bellinzona – Tesserete: 950 m
Tesserete – Bellinzona: 1250 m
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Requirements
easy
Time
Bellinzona – Tesserete: 7 h 35'
Tesserete – Bellinzona: 7 h 10'
Conditions
difficult
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Notes
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How to arrive
Arrival / return travel Bellinzona
Show stop and route on mapArrival / return travel Tesserete, Stazione
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ViaGottardo
What would the Gotthard be without its access routes? The ViaGottardo reaches the central Alpine pass from Chiasso in the south, from Schaffhausen in the northeast and from Basel in the northwest of Switzerland. There are many traces of these transport links to discover along the way.
Switzerland: 20 stages / Ticino: 6 stages / Bellinzona – Lugano – Chiasso: 5 stages
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Stage 17: Tesserete – Lugano
Through the forests to the south of Tesserete, in the centre of which is the medieval Torre di Redde, you reach Oratorium San Bernardo with wonderful views of the Ceresio. The route leads between old walls and modern buildings down to Lugano.
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Stage 18: Lugano – Morcote
From Paradiso, the demanding but rewarding route climbs to San Salvatore, the best-known vantage point on the Luganersee lake.
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Stage 19: Mendrisio – Morcote
A short climb leads to the UNESCO World Heritage of Monte San Giorgio, the fossil mountain with its 300 million years of history.
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Stage 20: Mendrisio – Chiasso
A section that leads through the wonderful vineyard landscape around Mendrisio into contemporary Chiasso on the border of Italy.
