Lugano

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• In the southern part of the country, the inviting village of Lugano offers an entirely different Swiss experience — one with an Italian influence. With its Mediterranean flair, Lugano is the largest town in Ticino and a town of parks and flowers. The city is open and welcoming, an international melting pot of European culture. It’s also a banking and business center, being Switzerland’s third most important financial city. Stroll along the palm-tree-lined lake and dine at charming cafés set along the cobblestoned squares of town.
• The Palm Express takes you there, in fact passing through Italy for several hours on the way from St. Moritz, offering plenty of beautiful Italian scenery out the window and even a brief stop in a village in Italy. The ride travels over the Maloja Pass and its series of hair-raising switchbacks to navigate the steep mountainside. Crossing into Italy, the bus drives alongside Mezzola and Como lakes before crossing back into Switzerland and Lugano.