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Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli
The Church of St Mary of the Angels (Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli, no English version) was next to our hotel and in front of our room window. It was built in 1500, partially demolished, and rebuilt in the 1800’s. It is famous not for its architecture but for its frescoes painted during the Renaissance period. Covering almost
Lugano Food Porn: #1-#4
Other than easter eggs, it is also asperagus season at this time of the year. Every restaurant, in Neuchatel and also here in Lugano, has a special asperagus menu (Asperges, Asperagi). In the US, it is available all year-round. I guess they have an abundance of it here only in Spring. The Asparagus milanese with
Gandria, Lago di Lugano
On our second day in Lugano, we each bought a pass that allowed us unlimited travel on many of the local buses, boats, and funicular railways. First, we hopped on one of the tour boats (Societa Navigazione del Lago di Lugano) and cruised to the villages dotted around Lago di Lugano. The boats makes many
To Paradiso and up Monte San Salvatore
Paradiso is next to Lugano but because of urban sprawl, you will not notice that you have entered “paradise”. What a name for a town ! We arrived by boat to take a funicolare (funicular railway) that goes up to Monte San Salvatore. This is one of the four or five of funicular railways that
