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Baracca Backpacker, Other Switzerland, Switzerland

Maggia Valley, Ticino, Aurigeno 6677, Aurigeno

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By Train :

If you arrive from northern Switzerland or Germany,you can reach
Locarno every hour (during day time):-From Zurich and Lucerne in
3 hr.-from Basel and Berne in 4 hr.
From southern Switzerland and Italy run trains every 30 min. to Locarno (during day time): -From Lugano in 1 hr. and from Milano
(Italy) in 2 hr. 30 min.
At the train station Locarno,catch bus no.10 (dir.Vallemaggia).drive
up the valley approx. 25 min.and get off the bus at the busstop
'Ronchini'.
Cross the mainroad and walk up the road approx. 50 m.,then turn left and follow the hostel-signs into the forest and cross the suspension bridge.
Takes about 15 min. walk to reach Baracca Backpacker above the
church of Aurigeno.

By car:

From the highway no.2 (dir. Germany or Italy), take exit:'Bellinzona sud' (Lago Maggiore/ Locarno), drive to Locarno (through the tunnel),take exit :'Vallemaggia / Centovalli' and keep on driving approx. 15 min.,then turn left 'Aurigeno / Moghegno'.
Follow the signpost 'Backpacker', you can find us above the church of Aurigeno.