Monday, December 10, 2007

The Three Castles In Switzerland And The Hotel We stayed In

Went to Bellinzona and saw 3 castles there, named Castelgrande, Montebello Castle, Sasso Corbaro Castle and have been named World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The Castelgrande, refurbished between 1980 and 1991 by the well-known Ticino architect Aurelio Galfetti, offers walks on the ramparts, particularly appealing at night when all the castles and churches in the old town are illuminated. The Montebello Castle is an outstanding 13th century chateau with a courtyard and several 15th century additions. Today it is a minor museum of history and archaeology. The Sasso Corbaro Castle was built on 1479 and has the finest view of Bellinzona from its terrace, this castle which is a memorable to me because when my husband and I trying to reach this was a kind of great effort for us as its high top of the hill as after we visited the Montebello Castle I want to go back to the hotel because I was tired after climbing to reach the other castle but my husband did convinced me to visit the Sasso Corbaro Castle, well, we climbed up and find a way inorder we can reach it, my husband walks faster than me as he has long legs than me :), I was walking for a while, I was destructed by some chestnuts on the road (maroni) so I stopped for few minutes and my husband keep walking, what happened is he lost me as I went to the other way going to the Sasso Corbaro Castle it was about 4:00pm I just keep walking but I was kind of a bit scared as I was thinking I will not see him there and I am just the only one walking there but I just did went by myself to the castle and tried to find him if he is there but he wasn't, I was feel disappointed. I did took some pictures by myself. After few minutes, when I went down from the castle I saw my husband walking towards me and he didn't been there yet in the castle, he told me he went back to the road where we walked together haha it was a bit far, he said, he was so worry of me:). I was happy that we met in there and nothing to worry about.
We did stayed at Gamper hotel which is pleasant hotel in the center of Bellinzona, very close to the station with quiet rooms, clean, with bath, toilet, has an elevators and has pizzeria and typical italian restaurant which is has italian specialities and select wines Cosy boulevard cafe. Opposite the railway station and 5 to 10 minutes from the motorway. Mostly people here speak Italian (grazie) :) I learned some few words of Italian, its more fun learning other language.
I had been this place Bellizona before on year 2004 and I don't feel tired seeing this nice place and my husband likes to see some castles in part of Switzerland, so I urged him to visit this place, he did really like the castles, visiting this place is one of the highlights of our trip and we did visit some churches here and walked around alot.




I did really enjoyed our trips in here as we had challenging trips, even its far and need to walked and climb but it was fun its one of my memorable days which I treasure as I will not come here often. It such a great opportunity visiting this place which is one of famous tourist place.








Photos: Castel Grande, Montebello Castle and Sasso Corbaro.

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