{"id":5086,"date":"2021-09-06T11:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/perfect-weekend-in-locarno\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T10:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T09:46:28","slug":"perfect-weekend-in-locarno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/perfect-weekend-in-locarno\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Weekend in Locarno"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are thousands of good reasons to travel to Ticino, one of which is that during autumn and winter, the \u201csunniest corner in Switzerland\u201d is exceptionally charming. But what to do when time is limited? Here are a few tips \u2013 all the locations are easily reachable on foot or by bike from Giardino Lago.<\/p>\n

Day 1<\/h5>\n

1. Arrive at Giardino Lago
\n2. Tea time
\n3. Bicycle ride to Ascona
\n4. Dinner at the Lago restaurant<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/h5>\n

1. Leisurely breakfast
\n2. Walk to Locarno
\n3. Visit Pinacoteca Casa Rusca<\/a> (Chagall, Picasso and Dadaists Jean and Marguerite Arp)
\n4. See, taste and marvel at the historic city centre: try some of the delicious panettone at La pasticceria Marnin (Piazza Sant\u2019 Antonio) or admire the jewellery designed by Zoltan Ragasits (Via alla Motta)
\n5. Ascend on foot to the Madonna del Sasso<\/a> and enjoy the views over the lake and mountains from this pilgrimage church
\n6. In the late afternoon, visit the thermal baths in Locarno
\n7. Autumn set menu at the Lago restaurant, digestif by the open fire<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/h5>\n

1. Buffet breakfast with a Sunday newspaper
\n2. Hiking tour of the Maggia valley, taking either the Roman path from Monte Verit\u00e0 to Brissago or the chestnut educational trail through Upper Malcantone<\/p>\n

Day Spa Ticket at hotel Giardino Ascona<\/strong><\/h5>\n

If all else fails, the dipi\u00f9 Spa<\/a> in the sister hotel Giardino Ascona<\/a> offers the perfect opportunity to enjoy the sauna area and indoor pool, or to revive your spirits with a massage or beauty treatment. Hotel guests of Giardino Lago<\/a> can use the spa with a day spa ticket for CHF 50.<\/p>\n

Chestnut educational trail<\/h5>\n

The Ticinese call it the \u201csentiero del castagno\u201d. It\u2019s situated in the region of Malcantone, where poet Hermann Hesse once lived, and leads through huge chestnut woods and enchanting little villages. The starting point is Arosio, around a 30-minute drive from Hotel Giardino Lago.<\/p>\n

Best time of year: September to November
\nDistance: 14.8 kilometres
\nElevation difference: 728 metres
\nDuration: 5 hours<\/p>\n

The hotel to the story:
\nGiardino Lago, Minusio<\/a><\/p>\n

More details under:
\nHotel Giardino Lago<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are thousands of good reasons to travel to Ticino, one of which is that during autumn and winter, the \u201csunniest corner in Switzerland\u201d is exceptionally charming. But what to do when time is limited? Here are a few tips \u2013 all the locations are easily reachable on foot or by bike from Giardino Lago. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[716,712],"tags":[710,747,748,749,750,751,752],"class_list":["post-5086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-2","category-holidays-2","tag-ascona-2","tag-giardino-2","tag-gold-2","tag-hermann-2","tag-hesse-2","tag-hotel-2","tag-lago-2"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 18:34:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"ase":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giardinohotels.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}