Two village clusters
The main cluster is lower down; a smaller group of houses lies above the cantonal road.
Campora · Muggio Valley
The trail starts in the village.
Outside
A traffic-free village at the entrance to the valley.
Campora is part of Castel San Pietro, on the western side of the Muggio Valley. The village has two clusters of houses, and no road crosses the historic one.
The steep old lane, partly stepped, descends between buildings dating from the 16th to the 18th century and ends at a small square in the lower village. The Breggia river and the valley trails are within walking distance.
The old lane
A steep, partly stepped lane crosses the historic part of the village.
San Fermo
The village has the church of San Fermo and its cemetery.
Rural life
For centuries, work centred on vines, livestock and the surrounding woods.
Mendrisio
6 km
Chiasso
9 km · border
Lugano
22 km
Lake Como
16 km
Milan
55 km
Places to explore
A valley best discovered slowly.
Walk out from Campora, follow the Breggia or spend a day among the villages and mountains of the Mendrisiotto.
The museum across the valley
Casa Cantoni in Cabbio tells the story of the valley. At Bruzella’s watermill you can still see water power the old millstones.
The Muggio Valley circuit
The route passes through chestnut woods, drying houses, watermills, bird-catching towers and stone buildings once used to keep milk cool.
Monte Generoso
The cogwheel railway climbs from Capolago. At the top are walking trails, wide views and Mario Botta’s Fiore di pietra.
Towns and lakes
Mendrisio, Lugano and Lake Como are all within driving distance for museums, a stroll through town or a day by the water.
Landscape and rural history
Sasso Gordona, the Breggia and stone villages.
- Trails starting directly in Campora
- Monte Generoso and Sasso Gordona
- Muggio Valley Ethnographic Museum
- Local cheeses and polenta in the valley's restaurants