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Swissminiatur, Melide

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#13 of 251 in Things to do in Canton of Ticino

Swissminiatur presents important Swiss buildings, monuments, and sites in miniature. Built in 1959, the mini open-air park sits on the shore of Lake Lugano in Switzerland's Italian-speaking region. Covering an area of 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres), over 120 models of Swiss sites are displayed at a scale of 1:25. The park features moving attractions, including a 3,560 m (11,680 ft) model railway with 18 miniature trains, several cable cars ascending mountains, boats on lakes, and moving cars on highways. The miniature buildings are interspersed throughout a green park that features 1,500 different species of plants and flowers. Put Swissminiatur on your schedule, and learn what else deserves a visit by using our Melide trip planner .

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By gdx2 On March 10, 2018

Parfait pour occuper les enfants tout en leur faisant découvrir la Suisse. Le petit train qui fait le tour du parc est sympa. Restaurant un peu cantine mais bonne nourriture. more »

Perfect to keep the kids busy making them learn the Switzerland. The little train that goes around the Park is nice. Restaurant a little canteen but good food.

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By Diana N On March 4, 2018

This place is very well made: nice attention to detail, all swiss ladscapes - mountains with snow, telecabins, harbour, ships moving, cave, historical buildings, and more. It is very well done and mai... more »
By EPavel007 On March 3, 2018

Парк оказался закрыт, но мы погуляли вокруг, любовались озером и отличными видами. Через забор видно, что парк очень красивый. Если будем весной-летом, то обязательно заедем. more »

Park turned out to be closed, but we walked around, admire the Lake and excellent views. Over the fence shows that the Park is very beautiful. If we in the spring-summer, then definitely we'll drop.

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By Aiden Perry On March 27, 2018

Accurate depictions of Swiss minuments. Would recommend but wouldn't go if raining

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By Grace Woo On September 25, 2017

Perfect 1.5hr stop. Our boys 2 and 4 years old enjoyed checking out the miniature models and running trains/boats. The children's train ride was a fun side. Bumper boats and bumper cars are available by tokens. To those who commented that the models need updating, there were 3 models under renovation. Food at the cafe was decent. We had pasta Bolognese, a strawberry smoothie and chicken nuggets with fries. For those with kids, there is a great pirate boat themed playground across the street that we saw as we pulled out of the parking lot.

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By Steve Bosworth On August 16, 2017

This is really worth a visit if you are in the area. Over 125 different models of real places in Switzerland and when you have walked around the place you feel like you have seen most of Switzerland. Very well done, with moving trains, cable cars, funicular railways, cars driving to the real life Zurich airport with aircraft on the runway. Also a ride on train to sit on and see the country by rail. It takes 1.5 hours to see it all at a nice speed. Also has coffee, food, and ice cream.

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By Kadir Şenkaya On February 13, 2018

Such a nice open-air museum to explore most of beautiful landmarks in Switzerland. You can see over than 120 models.

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By Tiplea Adina On April 30, 2018

Just beautiful!! A nice place for kids ,too!!

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