Theme Trails – Tesserete – Cagiallo – Lugaggia – San Clemente – Vaglio – Sala Capriasca – Bigorio – Tesserete
Walking in Capriasca
The thematic path in mid-Capriasca is an opportunity to rediscover the natural landscape, its animal and plant world, its historical-cultural roots and the different contexts of the lives of its inhabitants.
It crosses the villages, the countryside, the woods and the natural areas: environments that show the signs of the process of transformation and at the same time allow to know the achievements, the evidence and the way of life related to the peasant civilisation.
It offers the opportunity to admire significant cultural, civil and religious heritage, which are part of the rich historical evidence present in the territory of the municipality of Capriasca.
For the careful and curious observer there is the pleasure of discovering and appreciating this historical, cultural and natural heritage.
Length
10.85 km
Height difference
Circuito/Themenweg/Circuit : 390 m
Requirements
easy
Time
Circuito/Themenweg/Circuit : 3 h
Conditions
medium
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Notes
Itinerary: Tesserete – Cagiallo – Lugaggia – San Clemente – Vaglio – Sala Capriasca – Bigorio – Tesserete
Locality: Tesserete – Vaglio
Location: Tesserete – Vaglio
Altitude: Tesserete 513 m.s.l.m. – San Clemente 638 m.s.l.m. – Convento S.ta Maria 727 m.s.l.m.PROSPECTUS IN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES: no
Features of theme trail: art – cultural – natural
Physical effort: 1 (1 = easy, 0-300m / 2 = good, 300-600m / 3 = average, 600-900)
Technical effort: T1 (T1 = footpath / T2 = mountain hiking trail)
Refreshments: Tesserete, Vaglio and Bigorio
Selling of typical local products: Azienda ortofrutticola La Fonte (Vaglio) e Lo Scricciolo (Nesè, Piana di Sala) -
How to arrive
The Capriasca can be easily reached by public transport: in fact there is a direct connection with the Lugano SBB station. From here depart the PostBus (which stop at Origlio, Ponte Capriasca, Sala Capriasca and Tesserete) and the buses of the Regional Buses Luganesi (direct connection with Tesserete).
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