Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A local tradition is to eat at one of the grottoes that dot the mountainside above
Montagnola and serve up well-priced local cooking. Visit
www.collinadoro.com
and click
on 'Ristorazione e alloggio' for a full list of options.
ITALIAN
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Bottegone del Vino
( 091 922 76 89; Via Magatti 3; meals Sfr40-45; 11am-11pm Mon-Sat)
Favoured by the local bank-
ing brigade at lunchtime, this is a great place to taste fine local wines over a well-prepared
meal. The menu changes daily and might include a
filetto di rombo al vapore
(steamed
turbot fillet) or ravioli stuffed with fine Tuscan Chianina beef. Knowledgeable waiters
fuss around the tables and are only too happy to suggest the perfect Ticino tipple.
Bar Argentino
ITALIAN
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( 091 922 90 49; Piazza della Riforma; meals Sfr35-40; 8am-midnight)
This place is all about people-
watching, Lugano's best cappuchinos and decent Italian food that you don't pay over the
odds for, despite its location on the main square.
Ristorante Vetta
( 091 971 20 45;
www.vetta.ch
; Monte Brè; meals Sfr45-50; 11.30am-3pm Sun-Thu, 11.30am-3pm &
6.30-11pm Fri & Sat)
The food here may be nothing to write home about, but at least you'll
have the perfect vantage point from which to do so - come here primarily for the views. A
short walk down from the top funicular station atop Monte Brè, Vetta has a perfect terrace
where it serves up reasonable pasta dishes.
ITALIAN
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L'Antica Osteria del Porto
( 091 971 42 00;
www.osteriadelporto.ch
;
Via Foce 9; meals Sfr50-60; 8am-midnight)
Set back from
Lugano's sailing club, this is the place for savouring local fish and Ticinese dishes. It's
hard to resist the
grigliata mista di pesci di mare e crostacei
(mixed fish and shellfish
grill) or the perfect polenta dishes. The terrace overlooking the Cassarate stream is pleas-
ant, and you also have lake views.
SWISS
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Grand Café Al Porto
INTERNATIONAL
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