Ascona and Locarno are Switzerland’s Mediterranean corner: palm trees, the turquoise water of Lake Maggiore and a light that drew artists to Ticino a century ago. In Ascona you stroll the car-free lakefront promenade, Piazza Giuseppe Motta, past pastel-coloured houses, gelaterias and boat jetties – the so-called Pearl of Lake Maggiore. A few minutes on, Locarno welcomes you with its famous Piazza Grande, arcaded cafés and the pilgrimage church of Madonna del Sasso watching over the town from the cliffs. For the big view, the red cable car climbs to Cardada and Cimetta, where you can see Switzerland’s lowest point (Lake Maggiore) and its highest Alpine peaks at the same time.
To make this feel like a real holiday, we drive you privately from Zurich – about 2½ hours over the Gotthard or San Bernardino, straight to the lake. No transfers, no luggage to haul, no hunting for parking in the narrow lanes. In a Mercedes V-Class with room for the whole group, you enjoy the scenery and an apéro while your chauffeur handles the rest. Boat trips to the Brissago Islands, cable-car tickets or lunch by the water you arrange on the spot – we simply bring you there in comfort and back again.
