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Journey #18 to the Bellinzona Carnival

Hosted by the Consul of the Basel City Explorers Group
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Starts in 1 week 1 day
Sun 15 Feb 09:00 - 19:00

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Forget about Cologne, Venice and Rio: when it comes to Carnival Time, there's no place like Bellinzona!

This year our favourite Carnival will feature chariots about Donald Trump, the winter olympics in Italy, a scandal involving a head of state jet, the death of FM radio and much more!! Let's then have an 18th expedition to Bellinzona, capital town of Italian speaking Switzerland, where the music and chaos of more than 50 Carnival chariots collide with the majesty and elegance of the fortified town.

As usual, the idea is to have a warm-up hike in the morning, before attending the parade in the afternoon and finishing the day with dinner at the Cat Cellar.

The hike will likely be somewhere between Lugano and Bellinzona (we'll post the exact route closer to the date, once we know what the weather is like)

You may read more about the Carnival program at:

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Good news: once again, the Carnival ticket entitles us to free train transportation across Canton Ticino (i.e. Italian-speaking Switzerland).