MICROCOSM ON LAKE LUGANO

PARCO SAN MARCO

And that’s exactly what the Parco San Marco Hotels & Beach Resort is. This 4-star superior hotel right on the shores of the lake has its own mountain world, a sub-tropical park, 111 suites and apartments and four restaurants – all with an uninterrupted view of the water.

The hotel complex in northern Italy close to Ticino in southern Switzerland has been around since the seventies. Its owners Eva and Hartmut Schwenn have been extending it ever since. The climate here is both Mediterranean and mountainous. And there is of course the popular Lake Lugano – playground to all kinds of water sports in a 30,000 m2 precinct from sai ling, surfing, waterskiing and wakeboarding, to stand-up paddle surfing, rowing and diving, for the lake is after all 300 m deep. Its environs are also conducive to all kinds of other activities like hiking, cycling, adventure climbing or archery. Guests here will certainly not be bored.

The park also plays hosts to annually changing art exhibitions to entice art lovers to return time and again. And who wouldn’t come back to a resort that welcomes adults, kids and dogs alike? Child and dog minders ensure that the adults don’t miss out on their share of time out. For that there is also the spa and its repertoire of saunas, pool, massages and Brine Light Therapy – a simulated marine environment for the ultimate in relaxation. Last but not least, the jet set hideaway Lago di Como and the city of Lugano are only a few kilometers from this soughtafter microcosm that calls itself Parco San Marco.

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Words: Martha Miklin