Views over Lake Lugano from Monte Brè

(This post created on February 6, 2025)

Wednesday January 13, 2016 -- So winter finally came after all and our great November and December weather is over... 

But there's always South of the Alps. On Wednesday Jan.13th the only place with sun forecast was for the Lugano area, so we did our little day trip in that direction, and walked from the little village of Cureggia to the top of Monte Brè (5 km). Sunny, great view, but icy cold wind. The walk through the forest and up the hill was nice, though, and these Ticinese villages are always interesting to walk through.

View from Lugano station, waiting for the bus to take us to Cureggia, for our walk to the top of Monte Brè.

View to the west toward the Malcantone Region as the bus heads up the hill. 

We got to Cureggia at 12:09, from where we started on our walk to Brè, about an hour from here. 

Before starting on our walk, we walked around Cureggia first. This is the back of the church. 

Close-up view of Monte San Salvatore from Cureggia. 

Little town church in Cureggia, Switzerland.

This was just a little walk for us, under two hours, and not even five kilometers!

View to the Gulf of Lugano from Cureggia, Switzerland.

Walking through the forest from Cureggia to Brè. First forest flowers!

Walking through the forest from Cureggia to Brè.

On the trail from Cureggia to Brè. View across Lugano and to the Valais Alps in the background.

The little town of Brè. In summer there are lots of flowers and palm trees in the alleys

The little town of Brè.

We had to walk another 30 minutes up the moutain to get to the look-out point on the summit. The walk from Cureggia was about an hour.

A look back at the village of Brè as we head up the mountain. The snow-covered mountains in the back are in Italy, on the east side of Lake Como. 

Along the way is a look-out point with a panorama placard where we can read the names of the surrounding mountains. 

Panorama view from the look-out point. Below on the right is the Ristorante Vetta, which we walked down to before doing a loop back to the village. 

Close-up of Ristorante Vetta and Monte San Salvatore below. 

Down at the restaurant terrace. The restaurant was closed, as it is only open on weekends in winter. 

Panorama view from the restaurant terrace. 

This view is to the north toward Monte Tamaro

City of Lugano

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Panorama over Lake Lugano

Returning to the village of Brè along the road from the restaurant. 

Beautiful view over the Italian part of Lake Lugano to the east. 

The snow-covered peaks are in Italy, on the east side of Lake Como. 

Back at the look-out platform. There was quite an icy wind blowing!

The church in Brè. The bus stop was in front of this church, from where we took a bus back to the train station in Lugano. 

Church in Brè, where we caught the bus back to the train station in Lugano. 

What our hike looks like on Google Satellite Map.

This is what it looked like on the north side of the tunnel, when we traveled through Wassen near Göschenen in the morning on our way south!