Lugano attracts tourists with its grand holidays, although it is a rather quiet, calm and cozy town. Every year, incredible mass celebrations and festivals are held here, which are very noisy and colorful, bright and exciting for all tourists and travelers who fell here at this time. Festival of blues music, high-kitchen festival, autumn festival, they all allow dipping in the atmosphere of fun constantly. After getting here one day, you will definitely return here again, because the atmosphere of Lugano will remain in your memory forever.
This atmosphere creates precisely local residents of the city, because without their enthusiasm and traditional cheerfulness and decisiveness, holidays passing throughout the city would not be as colorful and bright.
In addition, it is a very green and colorful city, offering tourists a lot of walks and pleasures with natural beauty of this area. The only thing to do before traveling here is a little prepared and learn some of the features of stay in Lugano.
1. Let's start with the fact that almost all expensive hotels in the city are located in its central part. Here you will not find economical options. But travelers who prefer to save on accommodation can well find a suitable hotel in more distant areas of the city. And let it be confused by the location of the hotel, because thanks to a well-developed transport system, you can easily get to any central part of Lugano, as well as places where attractions and cultural objects of the city are located in just a few minutes.
2. If you are going for a walk in the city, then you must take a photocopy of documents confirming your personality with you. Cookopia data must be preserved in the hotel. Originals of documents, valuable things, should be kept in the safe room, like cash that do not wear with you in large quantities.
3. The paths of public transport are well developed in Lugano, the main of which is the bus. At the stops of the city and in Terminals, you can buy bus tickets for a bus that allow you to significantly save money for travel. Travelers have the opportunity to buy a ticket for a period of one day, or for several days. At the same time, the savings will be about fifty percent.
4. Many tourists prefer to move around the city on bicycles that can be easily taken on the rental. With their help, local residents are moved, who prefer to even reach a bike to work if it is not far from home. This allows you to conduct a more healthy lifestyle, reduces environmental pollution, and also allows you to save well on fuel. For tourists, this is a unique opportunity to examine the city on their own, enjoying his beauty and welcome.
SFR Railway Station Lugano, as well as Balmelli Sports are excellent centers for the rental of two-wheeled bicycles.
5. In the evenings, a taxi is considered the only available means of transport, which take on specially equipped parking or call. It should be considered the fact that the cost of the trip is better to clarify in advance, despite the fact that counters have been installed in all machines.
In Lugano, it is not customary to stop the car on the street, because even being free, she may not stop.
6. Tips in restaurants and cafes are customary to leave, but in many expensive restaurants they are included in the order price automatically.
In the middle-level restaurants, the value of the tip is about 10% of the order value.
In more economical versions of snack bars and cafes, it is customary to leave the amount that is about 5% of the order value. Or round the amount of the order in the biggest.
7. The system of cashless calculation in Lugano is a fairly common phenomenon, so you will be completely able to pay a credit card in restaurants, large shopping centers, supermarkets, gas stations and some stores, refining whether they support this service. But besides this, there are quite large number of markets in the city, fairs and small shops that only cash. If you intend to visit such places, it is better to stock currency already.
8. If you go shopping, then go to the national currency in advance, because the best exchange points are banks and private exchange offices that are not particularly much. Avoid exchange points located in hotels, because they offer quite disadvantaged exchange conditions.
9. Consider the fact that only the warm season is considered to be seasonal in Lugano, when you can be located on the streets of the city and actively relax in the Zone of the Lake Geneva. Accordingly, in connection with the season, many cafes, bars, as well as some restaurants, also work seasonally. Not far from the embankment there is always a sufficiently large number of bars and discos working under the open-air.
Tourists prefer them mainly, because the embankment is one of the most popular places in Lugano.