We took the train from Zurich to Lugano a few years ago. Wonderful!

In Lugano we stayed at a very nice, older hotel. The room was small, but we had a lovely view from our balcony overlooking the Lake and swimming pool. Believe we paid a little extra for the view... well worth it though. After dinner we went to our room, had a bottle of wine on the balcony... wonderful memory!

The hotel we stayed at was: http://www.delapaix.ch/

We had dinner at the hotel... wonderful pizza and a basil tomato soup... soup was so good I requested the recipe when we got home and the hotel was kind enough to e-mail it to me.

Have a wonderful time,

Chris in Pearland, Texas