Ascona

Ticino

Ticino
11,174
199 m / 643 ft
Italien
2.5 hrs (Zurich) / 1.5 hrs (Malpensa, I)

Ascona lies in a spectacular sunny bay on Lake Maggiore. It's one of the best loved and most exclusive tourist destinations in Switzerland. Here you can find everything for a VIP holiday far from noise and prying eyes: some of the most prestigious hotels in Switzerland, a magnificent 18-hole golf course, smart boutiques, a large welcoming Lido, gastronomic restaurants and magnificent walks in the surroundings.
The old town was built around the 16th century church of SS. Pietro e Paolo, and exerts a special fascination: an intricate web of lanes containing every kind of shop leads to the piazza, which lies directly on the lake. The panorama opens out over the lake: here's the famous lakefront with its cafés and tables in the sunshine. Here you can stroll around and live outside even in winter. Welcome to Switzerland's southernmost and sunniest terrace, with evening shows, markets, and open-air festivals with traditional food and drink, and in June and July the stage for the most important classical jazz festival in Europe. Art and culture are at home in Ascona.