Monte San Salvatore to Morcote Hike in Swiss

Monte San Salvatore to Morcote Hike

Monte San Salvatore is the unmistakable humped shaped mountain that you often see in the background of many of Lake Lugano's pictures. The mountain is situated just a short walk West of the city and its highest point towers 912m above the lake.

Because of its close proximity to Lugano, Monte San Salvatore makes an ideal place for those staying in the city to venture to its summit and take in the views, or perhaps explore the trails and walking paths on its densely-wooded slopes.

For convenience, Monte San Salvatore has a funicular railway which whisks passengers to the summit in a little over 10 minutes (runs from March to November), but for those feeling energetic there is a walking trail which gets you there in a little over 2 hours.

The walking trail starts on the outskirts of Lugano in Paradiso and forms part of a much longer walk that leads hikers to the summit and down the other side into the charming village of Morcote. Since this walk has always proved popular with visitors to the area we have included details of it in our list of things to do and see in Lugano.