You can take a bus to a place that should only be accessible by rapture. A bus is how we arrived in Morcote, a picturesque Italian-speaking Swiss town on the shore of Lake Lugano featuring narrow cobblestone lanes, a lakeside promenade, and the spectacular Scherrer Park gardens. Yes, palm trees in Switzerland. It was an offhanded comment from my husband’s coworker that tipped us off on this little gem. The hotel staff (Hotel Admiral $350/night https://www.luganohoteladmiral.c

Rigi, Obergütsch, City walk in Lucerne