Discover the closer and further surroundings area on foot thanks the theme trails in the Region of Lugano!
Journey from south to north, and you'll travel from olive groves and vineyards, across rolling plateaux, to silent forest and rugged mountains peaks.
This selection of themes itineraries will give you a taste of the extraordinary variety of walks, with a brief description, a tecnical sheet and a map where you can have an idea of the trail. What are you waiting for?
This path passes through an area where the remains of ancient olive trees may still be seen and in which the olive tree has just recently been re-introduced.
Length | 3.17 km |
Duration | 1 h |
Height difference | 137 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
A Thematic path crossing five villages in the Alto Malcantone region, passing through woodlands with chestnut trees, birches, creeks and fields. Moreover, one can admire the view of the various villages and glimpse a panorama reaching until Monte Rosa.
Length | 9.5 km |
Duration | 2 h 54' |
Height difference | 442 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
62.000 sq. meters with the largest and most varied collection of azaleas, rhododendrons and conifers of the entire Insubric Region.
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
A way of approaching nature that permits one to observe its ecosystem and understand its evolution.
Length | 8.37 km |
Duration | 2 h 20' |
Height difference | 82 m |
Requirements | medium |
Conditions | medium |
Discover the fascinating wonders of the nature of Monte San Salvatore, located few steps away form the city.
Length | 1.6 km |
Duration | 35' |
Height difference | 105 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
The five excursions take us from the summit of Monte Lema on the floor through the mountain pastures in a suggestive rural naturalistic landscape, rich in history and emotions between scents of rhododendrons and majestic beech woods, historical chestnut woods and old buildings as evidence of past labors.
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
The comparison between past and present, at every step of the way, will make us more aware of the delicate and complex relationship between living organisms and the surrounding nature.
Length | 9.44 km |
Duration | 3 h |
Height difference | 397 m |
Requirements | medium |
Conditions | medium |
This trail leads you to the discovery of dry walls, windmills, corn grinding mills, castles, old brickworks and mines.
Length | 6.7 km |
Duration | 2 h 10' |
Height difference | 383 m |
Requirements | medium |
Conditions | easy |
An educational path with didactic information about the flora and fauna of Monte Caslano. Along the trail one can stop to admire the view of the Gulfs of Caslano and Agno, the Strait of Lavena Ponte Tresa and Italian territories.
Length | 4.4 km |
Duration | 1 h 25' |
Height difference | 259 m |
Requirements | medium |
Conditions | easy |
Along this trail you’ll be able to discover local stories, legends and to have the possibility of discovering and appreciating the enchanting Capriasca region.
Length | 11.77 km |
Duration | 3 h 30' |
Height difference | 468 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | medium |
We propose that the larger public get acquainted with this charming little village.
Length | 0.8 km |
Duration | 15' |
Height difference | 44 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
This itinerary aims at highlighting the tokens of past history and of the natural environment and proposes much food for thought on the relationship between man and water in the past and in the present.
Length | 9.24 km |
Duration | 2 h 50' |
Height difference | 359 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | medium |
An ideal combination of culture, history and nature along the circular path that connects the picturesque villages of Castelrotto and Beride.
Length | 3.54 km |
Duration | 1 h |
Height difference | 157 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
This educational path was created with the idea of getting as many peoples as possible to come in contact with nature.
Length | 5.6 km |
Duration | 1 h 40' |
Height difference | 267 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
Designed for everyone to rediscover the joy of experiencing nature with our senses: smelling, hearing, tasting, seeing and touching it.
Length | 1.9 km |
Duration | 40' |
Height difference | 120 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
This didactical trail offers you the possibility to approach nature and the history of this region in the most ideal of ways.
Length | 7.3 km |
Duration | 3 h |
Height difference | 766 m |
Requirements | medium |
Conditions | medium |
Envisaged for the blind or for those with eyesight problems but at disposition of everyone!
Length | 5.77 km |
Duration | 1 h 30' |
Height difference | 148 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
Artinbosco is a unique exhibition itinerary of its kind: it is born from the gathering between art and nature but evolves with the changing of the seasons and the passing of time in a deep symbiosis with the environment that welcomes it.
Length | 3 km |
Duration | 50' |
Height difference | 125 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
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.
Length | 10.85 km |
Duration | 3 h |
Height difference | 390 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | medium |
This itinerary leads you to certain points of the landscape on the Collina d'Oro (Golden Hill), which were especially dear to the poet and that are reflected in his works.
Length | 4.2 km |
Duration | 1 h 10' |
Height difference | 144 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |
A route with an atmosphere from a bygone age.
Length | 6.47 km |
Duration | 1 h 51' |
Height difference | 200 m |
Requirements | easy |
Conditions | easy |