Airolo Attractions

Airolo (1,154 m/3,786ft; pop. 2,000) is a summer and winter sports resort in a magnificent mountain setting in the upper valley of the Ticino, known above the town as Val Bedretto and below it as Valle Leventina. To the west is the Rotondo group (Pizzo Rotondo, 3,192 m/10,473ft). After a great landslide from the Sasso Rosso in 1898 the place was rebuilt and provided with a protective wall. In the Gotthardbahn station, just outside the tunnel, is a bronze relief commemorating the men killed during the construction of the tunnel. Above the bridge over the Ticino stands the Lucendro power station (completed 1945). Southwest of Airolo is the lower station of a cableway up the Sasso della Boggia (2,065 m/6,775ft; skiing area).