Locarno/Tenero is one of our very favourite summer location's as its just south of the Alps and gets similar weather to southern France/Italy but is still in the mountains and not as busy as the seaside resorts.
Campo Felice is a VERY smart campsite on the shores of Lake Maggiore with its own Harbour and Sand Beach as well a nice restaurant and entertainment plus tennis/football/bike trails and more.
Locarno is like a Lakeside version of Monte Carlo or Cannes and also has an annual Film Festival in the town Centre.
Every day we were able to cycle from Tenero to Locarno along one of the most beautiful cycle trail we have found on our travels. It runs lakeside with amazing old properties and tropical gardens long it length. With the sun shining there are few nicer places to ride a bike.
On the far side of Locarno is the town Lido a huge modern Glass building stretching for hundreds of metres along the lakeside. Its has 5 Outdoor and 3 Indoor pools as well as Lake/Beach swimming and a high diving pool as well as a huge slide complex!
As you can imaging we spend a whole day at the Lido and rarely see the boys as they zip from pool to slide to diving pool. If you visit Locarno you must go here...
Yesterday we we spent the whole day relaxing at Campo felice while I planned our next trip to Zermatt via a very pretty route down the west of Lake Maggiore into Italy then back into Switzerland via the Simplon Pass....
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