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Cardada Cable Car
Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
ABOVE: The Cardada funivia whisks
locals and visitors from Locarno to a mountain resort
with panoramic views of Lake Maggiore and the Alps.
Locarno,
in Switzerland's Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, is on the northern shore of
Lake Maggiore, which it shares with Italy.
From the town, a funicular leads
up to the hillside commune of Orselina and
a pilgrimage church, the Santuario della Madonna del Sasso.
 Next to the funicular terminus,
a modern cableway station (designed by the world-renowned Ticinese architect
Mario Botta) offers a scenic trip by aerial cablecar to the mountain resort of
Cardada at 1340 meters or 4,396 feet above
sea level.
From Cardada, you can then walk
a few minutes to the Cimetta chairlift,
which will carry you to a viewing point at an elevation of 1670 meters or 5,479
feet.
The excursion isn't cheap, but the scenery is unforgettable, and
you can easily spend half a day riding the cablecar and chairlift, hiking along
the mountain ridge, enjoying the scenery, and having lunch on the restaurant
terrace next to the Cardada cableway's upper station.
For timetables and
fares, visit www.cardada.ch. For information
on how to reach the cablecar station and what
you'll see during your trip, see the
next page of this article and photo gallery.
Next page:
Cardada-Cimetta access and photos
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