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Bellinzona is the capital of the Cantone Ticino. It is placed near the Ticino river.
It is an important traffic node, because from Bellinzona you can go towards the mountain pass on San Gottardo, Lucomagno,
San Bernardino and Novena.
It is famous for the castles, included since the year 2000 in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Fund.
Views of Bellinzona
How to reach Bellinzona
Train
Bellinzona is linked directly to the most important towns of Switzerland or Italy, it
can be reached from Locarno (about 20 minutes), Lugano (about 30 minutes), Zurich (2.5 hours), Bern (3.5 hours) or Milano (about 2 hours).
Car
From Italy (Milano) you can reach Bellinzona by the highway of the lakes, direction Como-Chiasso-Brogeda, then the highway A2 north direction,
following the information for Gottardo, passing near Lugano.
From the Lake Maggiore you can go to the north of the lake, through the Gambarogno area. From the north of Swizterland you can reach the town by the A2 highway.
Air
Bellinzona is near to the Lugano Airport (situated in Agno, 15 minutes from the center of Lugano)
For more information about hotels and campings in this town the Google Search is available
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