Monte Carasso
in Bellinzona District of Canton Ticino, Switzerland
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Locarno Airport (6 mi) - Lugano Airport (13 mi)
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Varese / Venegono Airport (31 mi) - Malpensa International Airport (41 mi)
- Bergamo / Orio Al Serio Airport (49 mi)
- Samedan Airport (49 mi)
- Linate Airport (53 mi)
- Buochs Airport (61 mi)
- Zürich Airport (91 mi)
- Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 1 mi)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Unesco heritage, 17 mi)
- Monte San Giorgio (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Crespi d'Adda (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Abbey of St Gall (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
- Falconeria Locarno (zoo, (10 mi)
- Zoo Al Maglio (zoo, (15 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 46.186 and 8.999 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 46° 11' 11" and E 8° 59' 56"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:49 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:04 am and 8:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-05-04 08:22:41
Delve into Monte Carasso
Monte Carasso in Bellinzona District (Canton Ticino) with it's 2,336 habitants is located in Switzerland about 91 mi (or 146 km) south-east of Bern, the country's capital town.
Current time in Monte Carasso is now 10:49 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 9 airports close to Monte Carasso, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Locarno Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 km), North-East. We encountered 2 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bellinzona, Buseno, Cavargna, Val Rezzo and San Nazzaro Val Cavargna. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 65 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 59% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 88% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
20°C (69 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
13°C (56 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
13°C (56 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
La Tureta
Bellinzona Sud Swiss Quality Hotel
Unione
Internazionale Bellinzona Hotel & SPA
Videos from this area
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eHeinz episodio 60: Bellinzona. La città dei castelli.
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Concerto di gala della Civica Filarmonica di Bellinzona Direttore Franco Arrigoni (07.12.2014)
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Tour de Suisse 2014 - Stage 1 - Bellinzona
Prologo.
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Salmo - Espocentro Bellinzona (TI) [HD]
Video del concerto di Salmo, El Raton, Enigma, DJ Slait all`espo di Bellinzona. Film & editing Michele Cereghetti. Ringraziamento a RT Vision.
eHeinz Episode 60: Bellinzona. The city of castles.
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Castelgrande - Bellinzona, Ticino, Swiss Alps, Switzerland
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eHeinz épisode 60: Bellinzone. La ville des châteaux.
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eHeinz Folge 60: Bellinzona. Die Stadt der Schlösser.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Rabadan
Rabadan is a carnival festival that takes place in the town of Bellinzona, capital of southern canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is a very lively festival, especially alluring for its sponteaneous popular character. It has been ongoing now for more than 150 years. It attracts people from the rest of Switzerland and neighbouring Italy and during its peak evenings tens of thousands of people take to the streets wearing colourful carnival costumes.
Canton of Bellinzona
Bellinzona was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic, with its capital in Bellinzona. The canton was founded in 1798 with the slogan Liberi e svizzeri (Italian for Freemen and Swiss) as a means of remaining a part of Switzerland, rather than being annexed to the Cisalpine client republic. The canton was made up of the four Landvogteien of Bellinzona, Blenio, Leventina and Rivera.
Carasso
Carasso and Galbisio are the only fraction of Bellinzona located on the west side of the Ticino river. The patriciate of Carasso is responsible for the management of the forest and other communitary resources of the fraction. Carasso was a municipality of its own until 1907.
Bellinzona (district)
The district of Bellinzona (Italian: Distretto di Bellinzona also called Belinzonese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of 48,871 (as of 31 December 2011).
Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland
Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland 250px Location Bellinzona, Canton Ticino Website www. bstger. ch The Federal Criminal Court, (FCC;German Bundesstrafgericht, French Tribunal pénal féderal, Italian Tribunale penale federale, Romansh Tribunal penal federal, is a court of the Swiss Confederation. Since its inception in 2004, it has been located in Bellinzona.
Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Stadio Comunale Bellinzona is a multi-use stadium in Bellinzona, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of AC Bellinzona. As of 2009, the stadium has an official capacity of 6,000 people, but could hold up to 20,740. The stadium has 2,000 seats.
Bellinzona railway station
Bellinzona railway station (Italian: Stazione di Bellinzona) serves the city of Bellinzona, in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard line.
Giubiasco railway station
Giubiasco is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Giubiasco. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Bellinzona and Lugano, and is the junction point with the Luino–Bellinzona railway that has branches to Locarno and Luino. As a major junction station, Giubiasca has two island platforms serving four platform tracks, together with a number of freight tracks.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Monte Carasso.
- Bellinzona
- Buseno
- Cavargna
- Val Rezzo
- San Nazzaro Val Cavargna
- Arvigo
- Santa Maria in Calanca
- San Mamete
- Braggio
- Lugano
- San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna
- Cusino
- Cauco
- Corrido
- Porlezza
- Osteno
- Ramponio Verna
- Osteno-Claino
- Lanzo d'Intelvi
- Pellio Intelvi
- Laino
- Ponna Superiore
- Carlazzo
- Campione
- Curiglia
- Veddasca
- San Fedele Intelvi
- Pura
- Bene Lario
- Castiglione d'Intelvi
Bellinzona, Bellinzona (source)
Sant Antonino, Sant Antonino (source)
Vigana: Alptransit, Camorino, Ceneri Basistunnel, Vigana (source)
Bellinzona: UNESCO-Castelgrande in, Bellinzona (source)
Bellinzona: Giubiasco Richtung 3 Castelli di, Bellinzona (source)
Monte Carasso › South-East, Monte Carasso (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Monte Carasso-Sementina
