Swape Shop

Swape Shop is a shop in Muralto, Locarno District, Ticino which is located on Via della Salina. Swape Shop is situated nearby to the tourism office Ufficio turistico, as well as near Locarno railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Locarno railway station and Locarno Film Festival.

Locarno railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sir James, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Locarno railway station serves the city of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. However, the station is located within the adjacent municipality of Muralto, near the shore of Lake Maggiore.

Locarno Film Festival

Recreation area

Photo: Pardofestival, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. Locarno Film Festival is situated 500 metres southwest of Swape Shop.

Locarno FART railway station

Railway station

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Locarno FART railway station is a railway station that serves the city of Locarno, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is the Swiss terminus of the cross-border metre gauge railway line from Domodossola in Italy, which opened in 1923. Locarno FART railway station is situated 170 metres northeast of Swape Shop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muralto and Locarno.

Muralto

Village

Photo: Ozonski, CC BY 3.0.

Muralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Locarno

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Locarno is a city at the northern end of Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The city, along with Venice and Cannes, hosts an international film festival, the third oldest important cinema festival in the world.