Bond & Beyond: Discovering Lugano in the Ticino Region of Switzerland - travelseewrite

Bond & Beyond: Discovering Lugano in the Ticino Region of Switzerland - travelseewrite

After visiting Switzerland four times, I thought I knew the country well. Geneva, Zurich, Interlaken, Lucerne, Zermatt, Berne, Gstaad and St. Moritz painted an alpine wonderland image my generation had grown up consuming on the 70 mm screen. The turquoise blue lakes and towering peaks of the Swiss Alps became the perfect alpine playground for actors to romance and chase the villains. In India specifically, Yash Chopra brought Switzerland into a billion living rooms with one hit after another – Silsila (1981), Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), Darr (1993), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and above all Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge or DDLJ (1995). But until 2022, little did I know there’s an equally stunning yet much less visited area of the country that’s ripe for exploration: Lugano in the Ticino region of Switzerland.