It is a miracle the size of a postage stamp! Switzerland itself is tiny and the Ticino region is only 6% of it so if you were in a fast car you could miss it. But you are unlikely to be in a fast car because the area is all up and down and around. Up and down the mountains and valleys and around Lake Lugano and Lake Maggiore. Its slopes are not as lofty or as freakish as the nearby Alps themselves, but they are spectacular to the point of dramatic and strikingly beautiful. The canton is the southernmost one of Switzerland, bordering on Italy and the local language is Italian. Being only 100 miles from the Mediterranean, and in sight of the Swiss Alps it is a unique link between southern and northern Europe, between dolce vita and Swiss propriety. An example of this is that it is one of the few places in the world where you can ski past palm trees.

Down by the lakes on a hot summer day, the water takes on the vivid azure and turquoise reminiscent of the Caribbean.

The majority of its tourist trade is still Swiss with people from Berne, Geneva and Zurich taking the opportunity to enjoy fairy tale castles, vineyards, and Italian cooking and culture, without having to give up on Swiss efficiency, or without having to give up on winter skiing. In the tiny area of the canton, skiing is available at all of 12 runs.

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