dabuwan Says: The original medieval Morcote village is probably remained mostly unchanged through the centuries. Though very limited in area, it is an amazing labirynth of narrow alleys, paved with stone.
dabuwan Says: Hotel Carina is a good hotel in central Morcote, overlooking the lake. It has its own restaurant and a small pool.
dabuwan Says: Getting to Morcote by car can be time consuming. If you are visiting from Lugano on a daytrip, you can better take the regular Lugano-Morcote passenger boat. The service is frequent, fast and straightforward.
call_me_rhia Says: The village's coat of arms is quite bizarre. There are two colour, green and red - meaning hope and courage. In the green part there's a she-pig with her babies; this is taken from the coat of arms of the friars from Vienne (Switwerland) who once resided there. Today there...
call_me_rhia Says: Morcote is a small village with about 700 inhabitants on the shore of Lake Ceresio (Lake Lugano). It's a beautiful fishing village that has kept its traditional architecture and characteristics: painted houses with an arched passageway underneath and very narrow lanes with...
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A picturesque old town on Ceresio lake

Morcote is a small town in Canton Ticino, the southern, italian speaking, region of Switzerland. It is located about 20 kms south of Lugano, close to the border with Italy, on beautiful Ceresio...
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MORCOTE- once a fishing village

MORCOTE, was once a typical fisherman's village with porticoes and historical houses, characteristic narrow streets. The Capitano Tower, dating to the 14th century, the lakeshore promenade and the......
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Charming old village on the lake

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