Alluring Lugano

A reader waxes lyrical about the visual delights of the city of Lugano and its famous lake.

WE had arrived at Milan at the tail-end of our whirlwind Italian tour when a friend offered us an opportunity for a change of scenery – a day trip to Lake Lugano and its namesake city. As Lugano was located barely an hour’s drive across the Swiss-Italian border north of Milan, we readily accepted.