Recommended cable car near Lugano

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    18 May 2018 at 23:47:01 #816082

    I will be taking a three-day trip to Lugano at the end of June. I would like to visit a mountain that uses a cable car to reach its summit. I don’t mind traveling an hour or two from Lugano on a scenic train. Any suggestions?

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    Slowpoke
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    19 May 2018 at 0:12:52 #885741

    Hi cvlardi –

    Welcome to My Swiss Alps.

    This map will help you find Mountain Transport of all kinds:

    Zoom in on Lugano:

    map.search.ch/?pos=717664,96448&z=64& poi=bergbahn

    Under “Points of Interest” in the Menu, turn on traffic then select Mountain Transport.

    Mouse over the icons for a name, and then use it to check the timetable or the internet.

    http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable

    An hour or two on train can take you quite a distance from Lugano. You could get to Brunnen, for example, to the Urniberg Seilbahn, in 2 hours and 4 minutes.

    However, you might check some of the mountain railways that show on that mapbnear Lugano, if you do not insist on a cable car.

    Slowpoke

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    19 May 2018 at 0:59:47 #885742

    Hi cvilardi,

    There is a list of cable cars and funiculars in the Ticino region here. In Lugano there are only 2 funiculars up the local mountains and no cable cars that I am aware of.

    Arno
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    20 May 2018 at 9:16:49 #885743

    Hi Cvilardi,

    I’m not sure if you count gondolas as a cable car? It’s basically a series of small cable cars. There is a nice long route from Rivera-Bironico up to Alpe Foppa (or more commonly called Monte Tamaro).

    There is also a cable car from Locarno to Cimetta. Actually there is 3 modes of transport involved: funicular – cable car – chair lift.

    Both places are very easy to reach by train. Rivera-Bironico direct from Lugano, and Locarno is one change in most cases. I’ll attach a picture of each peak.

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    20 May 2018 at 22:57:58 #885744

    Thank you everyone for all of the wonderful suggestions. I will do more research to see which fits best with my schedule. Thank you again!

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    21 May 2018 at 4:51:56 #885745

    Great photos! Thanks Arno.

    Alpenrose

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