The Geopark has high geological diversity and an exceptional variety of natural habitats, ranging from lowland to Alpine landscape.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

Stop at Ristorante La Froda in Foroglio for lunch (do not miss the polenta), snap a few pictures and soak in the alpine landscape before heading back to the lake.

BBC: Two days in the Italian Lakes

Ms Behrens also says the Avanti proposal would contradict an earlier referendum which made it part of the Swiss constitution to aim to transfer as much freight transport as possible to rail and not to disturb the Alpine landscape for transport.

BBC: St Gotthard tunnel fire