Guidebook for Locarno

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Guidebook for Locarno

Essentials

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Migros
4 Via al Giardino
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Coop Supermercato Locarno Piazza Grande
28 piazza Grande
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Ospedale La Carità
1 Via dell'Ospedale
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SOCAR Locarno
7 Via Rinaldo Simen
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ALDI Suisse
12 Via della Posta
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Denner
15 Via Angelo Baroffio
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Migros Supermarkt
43 Via Alberto Franzoni
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Getting Around

Locarno, Piazza Castello station
Locarno, Cinque Vie station
Autosilo Piazza Castello SA
8 Via Vincenzo Vela

Entertainment & Activities

Life in Locarno is never boring thanks to the city’s unique lake and mountain location. Every season has its charm: from winter ice-skating to open-air events in summer and culinary highlights in autumn.
Located just a short walk from Piazza Grande, the long-awaited Palazzo del Cinema (now officially known as PalaCinema Locarno) has three brand new movie theaters: one seating 500 and the other two 150 each – so with a total capacity of 800.
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PalaCinema Locarno
1 Piazza Remo Rossi
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Located just a short walk from Piazza Grande, the long-awaited Palazzo del Cinema (now officially known as PalaCinema Locarno) has three brand new movie theaters: one seating 500 and the other two 150 each – so with a total capacity of 800.
Termali Salini & Spa Locarno is divided into four sections: Saunas, Baths, Spa & Treatment and Gastronomy. The multi-tiered baths (all saltwater) have been set up as a bathing ritual, where guests progress from one stage to the next and can enjoy optional treatments.
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Termali Salini & Spa Locarno
7 Via Gioacchino Respini
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Termali Salini & Spa Locarno is divided into four sections: Saunas, Baths, Spa & Treatment and Gastronomy. The multi-tiered baths (all saltwater) have been set up as a bathing ritual, where guests progress from one stage to the next and can enjoy optional treatments.
The Locarno Festival is an annual film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, it is one of the longest-running film festivals, and is also known for being a prestigious platform for art house films.The festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative and documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in one of the world’s largest open-air screening venues, seating 8,000 spectators. The top prize of the Festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public UBS, the public choice award.
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Locarno Film Festival
1 Via Franchino Rusca
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The Locarno Festival is an annual film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, it is one of the longest-running film festivals, and is also known for being a prestigious platform for art house films.The festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative and documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in one of the world’s largest open-air screening venues, seating 8,000 spectators. The top prize of the Festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public UBS, the public choice award.
laRotonda will launch the #LocarnoExperience with a programme of 17 evenings of music, entertainment, ethnic cuisine, themed bars, open-air markets and, new this year, a modern and enticing food truck area offering dishes made from kilometre zero ingredients from the Ticino region. During the week, the musical entertainment will end at 1 am and at 2 am over the weekend, while laRotonda will close at 3 am every night.
laRotonda
1 Via Franchino Rusca
laRotonda will launch the #LocarnoExperience with a programme of 17 evenings of music, entertainment, ethnic cuisine, themed bars, open-air markets and, new this year, a modern and enticing food truck area offering dishes made from kilometre zero ingredients from the Ticino region. During the week, the musical entertainment will end at 1 am and at 2 am over the weekend, while laRotonda will close at 3 am every night.
Live an exciting experience in the world of birds of prey, take a close look at the flight of eagles, hawks, owls and vultures in an environment that respects their natural habitat. As the birds circle overhead in the arena, the falconer tells the history of this ancient art.
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Falconeria Locarno
12 Via delle Scuole
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Live an exciting experience in the world of birds of prey, take a close look at the flight of eagles, hawks, owls and vultures in an environment that respects their natural habitat. As the birds circle overhead in the arena, the falconer tells the history of this ancient art.
The courses 18 holes are beautifully set out in absolute harmony between tradition and innovation. Considered one of the most fascinating courses in Switzerland, the holes wind through the magnificent trees and its beautiful natural setting. The course is flat and technically well planned and so can be easily enjoyed by all levels of players. Access: Only players member of a Golf Union and having a playing handicap not over 30 are allowed to play on Ascona Golf Course. Winter: the golf course is open all year long.
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Golf Club Patriziale Ascona
81 Via Lido
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The courses 18 holes are beautifully set out in absolute harmony between tradition and innovation. Considered one of the most fascinating courses in Switzerland, the holes wind through the magnificent trees and its beautiful natural setting. The course is flat and technically well planned and so can be easily enjoyed by all levels of players. Access: Only players member of a Golf Union and having a playing handicap not over 30 are allowed to play on Ascona Golf Course. Winter: the golf course is open all year long.
The Adventure Park makes adults, young people and children reconnect with nature, escape from daily life and feel the sense of adventure and happiness of spending time with friends and the family, by suggesting new forms of fun and entertainment which are natural and eco-friendly in all safety.
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Parco Avventura/Seilpark Gordola
2A Via Tratto di Fondo
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The Adventure Park makes adults, young people and children reconnect with nature, escape from daily life and feel the sense of adventure and happiness of spending time with friends and the family, by suggesting new forms of fun and entertainment which are natural and eco-friendly in all safety.
Experience canyoning... sliding, jumping, rappelling and exploring some of nature's most beautiful hidden places in the valleys around Locarno
Indepth Outthere Adventures
Experience canyoning... sliding, jumping, rappelling and exploring some of nature's most beautiful hidden places in the valleys around Locarno
Minigolf Bosco Isolino
3 Via Francesco Ballerini

Arts & Culture

The Castello Visconteo, now an archaeological museum, is located on the edge of the old town and was built in the 12th century, probably as the residence of a Captain Orelli, who remained true to the Emperor. Today, only a fifth of the original structure remains and dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. Only the foundation remains from the original structure.
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Castello Visconteo
5 Via Al Castello
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The Castello Visconteo, now an archaeological museum, is located on the edge of the old town and was built in the 12th century, probably as the residence of a Captain Orelli, who remained true to the Emperor. Today, only a fifth of the original structure remains and dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. Only the foundation remains from the original structure.
Discover Bellinzona’s three medieval castles, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro will allow you to journey back into the past, to a time when dukes and confederates fought in shining armour. Walk along the battlements and through the little doors notched into the thick walls, visit secret rooms and imagine how life was once lived.
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Castles of Bellinzona
18 Salita Castelgrande
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Discover Bellinzona’s three medieval castles, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro will allow you to journey back into the past, to a time when dukes and confederates fought in shining armour. Walk along the battlements and through the little doors notched into the thick walls, visit secret rooms and imagine how life was once lived.
Anchored at a height of 696 m, the bridge rises 130 m above the ground. The walkway, large approximatively one meter, is made of larch wood. Crossing it is a unique experience that represents a true challenge. The safety measures guarantees a risk-free approach and make it a top-attractions either for young intrepid or adventurous families. The bridge is easily accessible thanks to the cableway Monte Carasso-Curzútt-Mornera. The ancient and picturesque hill town of Curzútt is the ideal starting point to discover this offer or for a gastronomic stop after this thrilling experience.
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Ponte Tibetano Carasc
Monte Carasso
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Anchored at a height of 696 m, the bridge rises 130 m above the ground. The walkway, large approximatively one meter, is made of larch wood. Crossing it is a unique experience that represents a true challenge. The safety measures guarantees a risk-free approach and make it a top-attractions either for young intrepid or adventurous families. The bridge is easily accessible thanks to the cableway Monte Carasso-Curzútt-Mornera. The ancient and picturesque hill town of Curzútt is the ideal starting point to discover this offer or for a gastronomic stop after this thrilling experience.
"GoldenEye" Bungee jumping The 220m / 721ft. high dam of the Verzasca Valley is not only famous for being one of the highest dams in Europe, but also because it was the setting for the opening scene of the James Bond movie GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan.
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Diga Verzasca station
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"GoldenEye" Bungee jumping The 220m / 721ft. high dam of the Verzasca Valley is not only famous for being one of the highest dams in Europe, but also because it was the setting for the opening scene of the James Bond movie GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan.

Parks & Nature

At Orselina near the church Madonna del Sasso you found the station of the cableway to Cardada. Thanks to the cable-cars' tear shape and windows on all sides down to the floor, their overall appearance is light and transparent. They are also easily accessible to the disabled and families with baby buggies. If you want, you reach the station travelling by funicolar, starting in Locarno and arriving just nearby. A two-seater chairlift running parallel to the axis of the ropeway leads from Cardada to Cimetta, offering guests the opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking view during their ride. The highest point in Cimetta has been made into a geological observation point: a large, circular platform that merges into the layers of rock on the sides. Sport and leisure: 2 Helsana running walking trails, 1 orienteering for children, 1 orienteering for adults, mountain bike trail, paragliding and a foot sole massage path.
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Cardada Impianti Turistici
5 Via Santuario
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At Orselina near the church Madonna del Sasso you found the station of the cableway to Cardada. Thanks to the cable-cars' tear shape and windows on all sides down to the floor, their overall appearance is light and transparent. They are also easily accessible to the disabled and families with baby buggies. If you want, you reach the station travelling by funicolar, starting in Locarno and arriving just nearby. A two-seater chairlift running parallel to the axis of the ropeway leads from Cardada to Cimetta, offering guests the opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking view during their ride. The highest point in Cimetta has been made into a geological observation point: a large, circular platform that merges into the layers of rock on the sides. Sport and leisure: 2 Helsana running walking trails, 1 orienteering for children, 1 orienteering for adults, mountain bike trail, paragliding and a foot sole massage path.
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Adventure Park Monte Tamaro
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The park of the Brissago Islands is a unique example: in the middle of Lake Maggiore lies a small extraordinary subtropical paradise.
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Brissago Islands
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The park of the Brissago Islands is a unique example: in the middle of Lake Maggiore lies a small extraordinary subtropical paradise.
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Borromean Islands
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Monte Verità is a place of beauty and peace, where you can rediscover the flavour of history and the energy of nature. The park is considered one of the energetic places of the Canton Ticino, thanks to the beauty and variety of plants, special climatic conditions, a particularly rich soil composition, which over the years have favoured the choice of this place by artists, philosophers and thinkers. Among the various guided tours proposed by the Monte Verità Foundation it is possible to choose the “Excursion to Places of Power”, with a route through the park of Monte Verità and its geomantic characteristics, the Valletta del Silenzio, a fascinating natural cathedral, the top of the Balladrum with its Celtic roots and the Madonna della Fontana, source and place of pilgrimage.
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Monte Verità
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Monte Verità is a place of beauty and peace, where you can rediscover the flavour of history and the energy of nature. The park is considered one of the energetic places of the Canton Ticino, thanks to the beauty and variety of plants, special climatic conditions, a particularly rich soil composition, which over the years have favoured the choice of this place by artists, philosophers and thinkers. Among the various guided tours proposed by the Monte Verità Foundation it is possible to choose the “Excursion to Places of Power”, with a route through the park of Monte Verità and its geomantic characteristics, the Valletta del Silenzio, a fascinating natural cathedral, the top of the Balladrum with its Celtic roots and the Madonna della Fontana, source and place of pilgrimage.

Food Scene

The passion for food: local gastronomy between lake and valleys! Whether you are looking for a starred restaurant or a traditional “grotto”, you will be amazed by the magic of our flavors!
Located in the heart of the old town of Locarno, overlooking the attractive piazza S. Antonio, Marnin Confectionery is one of the best bakery in Locarno.
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PASTICCERIA MARNIN
Piazza Sant'Antonio
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Located in the heart of the old town of Locarno, overlooking the attractive piazza S. Antonio, Marnin Confectionery is one of the best bakery in Locarno.
A unique pleasure The Café Lago is the result of the union of a special and elegant atmosphere, a wonderful view on the lakeside and the surrounding mountains, a friendly welcoming and a professional service. All these elements reveal the pleasure of tasting the delicious creations by Al Porto.
Al Porto Café Lago Locarno
Viale Verbano
A unique pleasure The Café Lago is the result of the union of a special and elegant atmosphere, a wonderful view on the lakeside and the surrounding mountains, a friendly welcoming and a professional service. All these elements reveal the pleasure of tasting the delicious creations by Al Porto.
The BLU Restaurant & Lounge, on Locarno’s lakefront, is an emotion of flavour and relaxation, where style becomes taste. It offers a refined kitchen with traditional and international specialities and an elegant lounge bar with classic and innovative cocktails. The pizzeria and an extensive list of dishes with fresh and authentic ingredients, often produced locally, are able to satisfy all tastes, even vegetarians and vegans.
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BLU Restaurant & Lounge
9 Via Gioacchino Respini
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The BLU Restaurant & Lounge, on Locarno’s lakefront, is an emotion of flavour and relaxation, where style becomes taste. It offers a refined kitchen with traditional and international specialities and an elegant lounge bar with classic and innovative cocktails. The pizzeria and an extensive list of dishes with fresh and authentic ingredients, often produced locally, are able to satisfy all tastes, even vegetarians and vegans.
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Ristorante Bar Lungolago
1 Via Bramantino
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"Sensi" is a place where all senses will be spoiled, where high culinary crafts and genuine hospitality are combined; where the guest is always the focal point. The range is wide, focused on seasonal and regional products. Specialities such as grilled meat and fish, fresh pasta dishes and a large selection for vegerarians. Give yourself pleasure for the senses, whether in the garden under the old chestnut trees or inside in the bright atmosphere where you can have a look into the kitchen.
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Ristorante Sensi
9 Viale Verbano
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
"Sensi" is a place where all senses will be spoiled, where high culinary crafts and genuine hospitality are combined; where the guest is always the focal point. The range is wide, focused on seasonal and regional products. Specialities such as grilled meat and fish, fresh pasta dishes and a large selection for vegerarians. Give yourself pleasure for the senses, whether in the garden under the old chestnut trees or inside in the bright atmosphere where you can have a look into the kitchen.
You HAVE to visit Osteria Nostra on the Ascona's Piazza! In the restaurant a lot of pictures and photos, signs and objects, creating all together a special atmosphere. The fire in the pizza oven, the soft glow of the candles frame carefully prepared dishes and selected wines. The culinary range is wide - offers something for every palate, a rich variety of wood-oven pizza, traditional pasta and meat dishes. Then on the terrace overlooking the lake - the sun, the many People strolling round out the picture. This Restaurant, which is unlike any other, where one feels surrounded by a Mediterranean world instantly at ease and relaxed, dream with open eyes!
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Ristorante Osteria Nostrana & Ferienwohnung
Piazza Giuseppe Motta
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You HAVE to visit Osteria Nostra on the Ascona's Piazza! In the restaurant a lot of pictures and photos, signs and objects, creating all together a special atmosphere. The fire in the pizza oven, the soft glow of the candles frame carefully prepared dishes and selected wines. The culinary range is wide - offers something for every palate, a rich variety of wood-oven pizza, traditional pasta and meat dishes. Then on the terrace overlooking the lake - the sun, the many People strolling round out the picture. This Restaurant, which is unlike any other, where one feels surrounded by a Mediterranean world instantly at ease and relaxed, dream with open eyes!
You can enjoy excellent aperitifs, regional and international wines or craft beers. Every day for both lunch and dinner, you can enjoy an aperitif. Drinks are served with succulent snacks or pizzas They offer simple but creative cuisine that respects the seasonality and products of the area, from the finest to the simplest ingredient. Excellent pizzas!!
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Osteria Ticino
20 Via Muraccio
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You can enjoy excellent aperitifs, regional and international wines or craft beers. Every day for both lunch and dinner, you can enjoy an aperitif. Drinks are served with succulent snacks or pizzas They offer simple but creative cuisine that respects the seasonality and products of the area, from the finest to the simplest ingredient. Excellent pizzas!!
Very delicious take away with delivery service. The prices are surprisingly low considering the excellent quality of the food and the generous amounts.
Isola Greca, Take Away
7 Via Alberto Vigizzi
Very delicious take away with delivery service. The prices are surprisingly low considering the excellent quality of the food and the generous amounts.
Famous for ist high quality cuisine and service, and of course the delicious chickens on the spit, grilled over a wood fire and the risotto with Porcini mashrooms. The menu offers a wide range of regional and seasonal specialities. Maintained in all details and set up with good taste. The rustic wine cellar with over 300 labels invite to tastings. Wonderful in the warmer months the large garden with ist beatiful old trees and for the youngest guest a terrific playgroud.
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Ristorante Grotto Broggini
18 Via S. Materno
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Famous for ist high quality cuisine and service, and of course the delicious chickens on the spit, grilled over a wood fire and the risotto with Porcini mashrooms. The menu offers a wide range of regional and seasonal specialities. Maintained in all details and set up with good taste. The rustic wine cellar with over 300 labels invite to tastings. Wonderful in the warmer months the large garden with ist beatiful old trees and for the youngest guest a terrific playgroud.
The « Ristorante da Enzo » in Ponte Brolla is a really sure address for gourmets. Located at the beginning of the Valle Maggia, surrounded by palms and bamboos, is enveloped by the beauty of roses in summer. The big terrace is the ideal place to taste the culinary specialties. Shady and pleasantly fresh at midday, pleasantly warm and repaired from the wind during nights in summer. The very delicate scents of fresh products at the Ristorante da Enzo are charming and seasonal dishes are served at the table. The wine card is really inspired and very rich of the best local, Italian or stranger wines.
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Da Enzo
49 Via ai Grotti
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The « Ristorante da Enzo » in Ponte Brolla is a really sure address for gourmets. Located at the beginning of the Valle Maggia, surrounded by palms and bamboos, is enveloped by the beauty of roses in summer. The big terrace is the ideal place to taste the culinary specialties. Shady and pleasantly fresh at midday, pleasantly warm and repaired from the wind during nights in summer. The very delicate scents of fresh products at the Ristorante da Enzo are charming and seasonal dishes are served at the table. The wine card is really inspired and very rich of the best local, Italian or stranger wines.
L'Approdo is a modern restaurant, essential but cozy. The large dining room offers a beautiful view on Lake Verbano, as well as the covered terrace which protects from the wind and the garden, ideal for cocktails and just a few steps away from the lake. The restaurant, located in the port of Minusio, specializes in fresh and tasty fishes from the sea and the lake. In addition to the fish, you can taste excellent homemade pasta served in a crispy bread wafer as well as meat dishes.
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Ristorante L'Approdo
192 Via S. Gottardo
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
L'Approdo is a modern restaurant, essential but cozy. The large dining room offers a beautiful view on Lake Verbano, as well as the covered terrace which protects from the wind and the garden, ideal for cocktails and just a few steps away from the lake. The restaurant, located in the port of Minusio, specializes in fresh and tasty fishes from the sea and the lake. In addition to the fish, you can taste excellent homemade pasta served in a crispy bread wafer as well as meat dishes.
The Lago Restaurant sometimes is international, sometimes regional, but never average. It combines a laid-back atmosphere with striking architecture and breath-taking views of Lake Maggiore. Indulge yourself with tasty tapas snacks, Mediterranean cuisine and enjoy a meat highlight from the 800° C high-performance oven. Every Sunday and on special holidays you can enjoy a brunch.
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Giardino Lago, Minusio-Locarno, a Member of Design Hotels
83a Via alla Riva
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The Lago Restaurant sometimes is international, sometimes regional, but never average. It combines a laid-back atmosphere with striking architecture and breath-taking views of Lake Maggiore. Indulge yourself with tasty tapas snacks, Mediterranean cuisine and enjoy a meat highlight from the 800° C high-performance oven. Every Sunday and on special holidays you can enjoy a brunch.
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Ristorante Vallemaggia
1 Via Bartolomeo Varenna
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Ristorante Cittadella
18 Via Cittadella
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Cozy and elegant atmosphere to enjoy a lunch or dinner that become special . La Locanda Locarnese, a few steps from Piazza Grande, is a restaurant with refined style but at the same time sober, a restaurant that offers a relaxed and enjoyable to savor the tastes of the chef Persyo Cadlolo, flanked by his wife Helena who helps him in restaurant . Its quality cuisine, is mainly based on local produce and offers creative cuisine in a Mediterranean style. At noon proposed a business lunch and evening tasting menu, not to mention the à la carte that is changed regularly according to the seasons . In the days of festive, special menus are offered.
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Ristorante Locanda Locarnese
1 Via Bossi
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Cozy and elegant atmosphere to enjoy a lunch or dinner that become special . La Locanda Locarnese, a few steps from Piazza Grande, is a restaurant with refined style but at the same time sober, a restaurant that offers a relaxed and enjoyable to savor the tastes of the chef Persyo Cadlolo, flanked by his wife Helena who helps him in restaurant . Its quality cuisine, is mainly based on local produce and offers creative cuisine in a Mediterranean style. At noon proposed a business lunch and evening tasting menu, not to mention the à la carte that is changed regularly according to the seasons . In the days of festive, special menus are offered.
Pizzeria Gelateria Primavera
4 Via dell'Ospedale
Best ice cream ever!!
La Dolcevita
4 Via Vincenzo D'Alberti
Best ice cream ever!!
This intimate and refined restaurant is managed carefully by Sabine and Valentino Roversi and can be found in the centre of the old part of Locarno, only fifty metres from Piazza Grande. The restaurant comprises three small rooms designed with a rural and refined style where about thirty guests can be seated. The warm and friendly atmosphere creates the ideal frame for a romantic dinner or for a light-hearted evening close to the fireplace. The cuisine prepared by the chef Valentino and by his team proposes food that is characterised, at one and the same time, by classical, Mediterranean and local touches. The presentation is always modern and creative and enhances each dish with freshness and high spirits.
Ristorante Da Valentino
7 Via Torretta
This intimate and refined restaurant is managed carefully by Sabine and Valentino Roversi and can be found in the centre of the old part of Locarno, only fifty metres from Piazza Grande. The restaurant comprises three small rooms designed with a rural and refined style where about thirty guests can be seated. The warm and friendly atmosphere creates the ideal frame for a romantic dinner or for a light-hearted evening close to the fireplace. The cuisine prepared by the chef Valentino and by his team proposes food that is characterised, at one and the same time, by classical, Mediterranean and local touches. The presentation is always modern and creative and enhances each dish with freshness and high spirits.
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Ristorante Seven
2 Via Moscia
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Ristorante Il Chiodo
13 Viale Verbano
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La Trattoria Cibo & Passione
9 Via Marcacci
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
AMERICAN BAKERY
12 Via Sant'Antonio

Drinks & Nightlife

Fashionable clubs, fantastic drinks and the right sound: Ticino nightlife is there, waiting for you.
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Sport Café Locarno
4 Via della Posta
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Roulette, black jack or a stop at the slot machines. And then soak up the atmosphere while sipping a drink with others. In Locarno "les jeux sont faits, rien ne va plus!"
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Casinò Locarno
1 Largo Franco Zorzi
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Roulette, black jack or a stop at the slot machines. And then soak up the atmosphere while sipping a drink with others. In Locarno "les jeux sont faits, rien ne va plus!"
Since 2004 represents the timeless club of the “Locarnese” nightlife, that discreetly challenges and follows trends but also continues to keep renewing its original glamour. Beach Lounge expects you from business lunch to the famous aperitif with buffet, from dinner to the after dinner with live music and lounge evenings. In a warm, cozy atmosphere made by ancient parquet which contrasts with the large windows that overlook the garden and the lake, our staff is at your disposal for an unforgettable evening, to simply be enjoyed at its best.
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Ristorante Delta Beach Lounge
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Since 2004 represents the timeless club of the “Locarnese” nightlife, that discreetly challenges and follows trends but also continues to keep renewing its original glamour. Beach Lounge expects you from business lunch to the famous aperitif with buffet, from dinner to the after dinner with live music and lounge evenings. In a warm, cozy atmosphere made by ancient parquet which contrasts with the large windows that overlook the garden and the lake, our staff is at your disposal for an unforgettable evening, to simply be enjoyed at its best.
Der PIX Club ist ein exklusiver House Club, wo man in der Schweiz Spass haben kann. Mit seinem urbanen Stil wird die Atmosphäre lebendig, dank spezieller Lichtreflexionen. Der Club ist täglich geöffnet von Donnerstag bis Sonntag. Von Montag bis Mittwoch kann das Restaurant für private und geschäftliche Veranstaltungen reserviert werden.
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PIX Club Ascona
3 Via Aerodromo
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Der PIX Club ist ein exklusiver House Club, wo man in der Schweiz Spass haben kann. Mit seinem urbanen Stil wird die Atmosphäre lebendig, dank spezieller Lichtreflexionen. Der Club ist täglich geöffnet von Donnerstag bis Sonntag. Von Montag bis Mittwoch kann das Restaurant für private und geschäftliche Veranstaltungen reserviert werden.
One of a kind, Vanilla Club sees itself as the Mecca of night-time musical entertainment. Enjoy the most innovative sounds around with a line-up of international artists featuring the best DJs on the planet as well as guests from the world of show business and the international jet set. The venue offers six different areas divided by musical styles, all thought out carefully down to the smallest detail.
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Vanilla Club
Via Cantonale
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
One of a kind, Vanilla Club sees itself as the Mecca of night-time musical entertainment. Enjoy the most innovative sounds around with a line-up of international artists featuring the best DJs on the planet as well as guests from the world of show business and the international jet set. The venue offers six different areas divided by musical styles, all thought out carefully down to the smallest detail.
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Discoteca Rotonda
117 Via S. Gottardo
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Lido Ascona, with its 40,000 square metres of park shaded by ancient trees, is one of the largest beaches in Switzerland. Restaurants, bars, sports facilities and much more provide plenty of opportunity for fun or more secluded relaxation.
29 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Lido Ascona
82 Via Lido
29 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Lido Ascona, with its 40,000 square metres of park shaded by ancient trees, is one of the largest beaches in Switzerland. Restaurants, bars, sports facilities and much more provide plenty of opportunity for fun or more secluded relaxation.
Situated in the center of Ascona on the upper part of the piazza, the club is well known for its exciting ambience, best music, and fresh mix of fruity cocktails and excellent wines. Nightlife picks up at the altitude of international DJs and well-known artists, as well as fun theme nights. The club is the ultimate hotspot in Ascona and the region where guests can spend a memorable evening, dance and enjoy most trendy music.
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Club Seventy7
3 Contrada Fontanelle
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Situated in the center of Ascona on the upper part of the piazza, the club is well known for its exciting ambience, best music, and fresh mix of fruity cocktails and excellent wines. Nightlife picks up at the altitude of international DJs and well-known artists, as well as fun theme nights. The club is the ultimate hotspot in Ascona and the region where guests can spend a memorable evening, dance and enjoy most trendy music.
With its stunning waterfront setting at the old port of Ascona, facing the unparalleled views of the Piazza and the Brissago Islands, Seven Sea Lounge, opened from spring to autumn, is the ultimate location to relax and enjoy your daytime coffee & snacks. In the evening the place is transformed into a trendy romantic location with classy cocktails, excellent wines, finger food and small delicacies accompanied by best-selected beats by our DJ.
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Sea Lounge
2 Via Moscia
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
With its stunning waterfront setting at the old port of Ascona, facing the unparalleled views of the Piazza and the Brissago Islands, Seven Sea Lounge, opened from spring to autumn, is the ultimate location to relax and enjoy your daytime coffee & snacks. In the evening the place is transformed into a trendy romantic location with classy cocktails, excellent wines, finger food and small delicacies accompanied by best-selected beats by our DJ.
The magical "Casa del Negromante" reopened its doors with a whole new ambience for patrons to enjoy. Now that the Negromante has been renovated, Locarno’s oldest historic building provides a youthful and welcoming setting. The restaurant is now a cosy meeting place for a relaxed coffee break, a simple meal or a drink with a good selection of beers, wines and whiskeys.
Negromante
14 Via Borghese
The magical "Casa del Negromante" reopened its doors with a whole new ambience for patrons to enjoy. Now that the Negromante has been renovated, Locarno’s oldest historic building provides a youthful and welcoming setting. The restaurant is now a cosy meeting place for a relaxed coffee break, a simple meal or a drink with a good selection of beers, wines and whiskeys.