With its compact cluster of Italianate piazzas and extensive tree-lined promenades, LUGANO is the most alluring of Ticino's lake resorts, less touristic than Locarno but with, if anything, double the chic. Centre of town is Piazza di Riforma , a huge café-lined square perfect for eyeballing passers-by over a cappuccino, while Lugano's exceptionally beautiful lake is metres away, as are the characterful steep lanes of the old town. Through the maze northwest ... [More]