Is there a direct bus from Menaggio to the Mont Bre funicular in Lugano, Switzerland? I will be staying at Hotel Du Lac in mid-October and know of a direct bus from Croce Piazza Chiesa to Castagnola Posta, Lugano but wanted to go directly to Mt Bre.
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California 🦋
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I’ve not taken this bus personally but helped a fellow forum member figure out how to get to Lugano from Menaggio, a few years back.
You can find the timetables for the ASF Autolinee bus, Line C12, here:
https://www.asfautolinee.it/it/orari-rete-extraurbana
Click on “orario”, to see the timetables, and on “schema” to see the bus stops/route.
I always ask the driver to please announce my stop, and it usually works, except for once when the driver forgot and I missed my stop.
I was actually counting the stops but unbeknownst to me the driver had skipped a stop! This happened in Umbria in a bus full of schoolchildren.
Safe travels!
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Please note: when comparing the bus timetable with the bus route/stops, I noticed that the stop you want
“LUGANO CASTAGNOLA - Bivio Monte Brèe”
is not listed on the bus timetable, so I highly suggest asking the driver to announce your stop.
Google map gives walking directions from the “GANDRIA - Ristorante” bus stop, but you’ll save some walking by getting off at the “LUGANO CASTAGNOLA - Bivio Monte Brèe” stop.
BTW. I just learned a new Italian word, “Bivio” means “crossroad”, and you can actually see the road perpendicular to the main road on google maps.
Please come back and give us an update as to how it all worked out for you, thanks!
I may actually consider going there too!
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OP
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Thank you! I read that from the bus stop at Castagnola Posta to Mt Bre it's a 55 min bus ride..., so if the bus from Menaggio stops at a bivio that takes me to Mt Bre that would be ideal. I'll check it out
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California 🦋
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Please note:
According to the official website for Monte Brè,
https://www.montebre.ch/en/contact/,
there are 2 different funicular stations neither one near the bus stop I thought was the right bus stop ( LUGANO CASTAGNOLA - Bivio Monte Brèe)
It looks like the closest funicular station on the C12 bus route would be this one:
Station Section I: Lugano (Cassarate)
Via Pico 8, 6900 Lugano
And according to the C12 bus stops it appears that you’d get off at the “LUGANO CASTAGNOLA - Villa Favorita” bus stop
Please check this out and let me know what you think as I may be incorrect.
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OP
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Thank you for that. I think it's along the same route as Castagnola Posta. I'll look into it further.