When you step onto the waterfront promenade at Lugano what will strike you about the lake is just how wild it looks.

On every shore there’s a mountain with wood-cloaked slopes that plummet to the water.

The lake is long and sinuous, filling the deep valleys between the peaks.

And because of the peaks on the shore you can only see one portion of the lake from Lugano, so you shouldn’t pass up the chance to see more by boat.