Travel Info: How to get to Monte Verità...
From abroad to Switzerland
You can reach Switzerland either by train (check the international timetable) or by air. The main Swiss airports are Zurich-Kloten and Geneva-Cointrin. If you’re traveling to Ascona, Zurich Airport is the most convenient option.
Alternatively, you can also fly to Milano-Malpensa airport in Italy.
By train from Zurich Airport
Trains leave Zurich Airport for Zurich Main Station (a ten minute ride) several times every hour from the train station just beneath the main airport building. From Zurich Main Station, trains to Bellinzona run every 30 minutes. In Bellinzona, you can catch a train to Locarno, with departures up to three times per hour. The entire trip from Zurich Airport to Locarno takes approximately two and a half hours.
Check the timetable of the Swiss Federal Railways for your individual train connection.
From Locarno - Ascona / Monte Verità
There will be a free shuttle bus for our conference guests from Locarno to Monte Verità twice an hour on Sunday afternoon.
You can also reach Ascona from Locarno train station by taking the Bus No. 1 from the bus station Locarno, Piazza Stazione to Ascona Centro (Bus in direction of Losone, Sottochiesa). This bus is leaving every 15 minutes and takes about 12 minutes.
From Ascona Centro to Monte Verità you can either walk (15 minutes uphill) or take a taxi for around 10 CHF.
A taxi from Locarno train station to Monte Verità costs approximately 35 CHF. The cheapest rates are usually with the EcoTaxi (Phone +41 91 792 21 01 or 0800 321 321).
By car from the north
Follow the freeway to Gotthard-Italy until the exit "Bellinzona-Sud". Take the road to Locarno which goes first along and then across the Magadino plain and then into a tunnel to bypass Locarno. Do not take the Locarno exit at the end of this tunnel, but stay in the left lane and follow the signs to Ascona, Brissago.
After crossing the river, take the Ascona exit, cross the roundabout and the intersection that follows it, and drive along the main road towards the old town of Ascona. When you cannot continue straight because you arrive at the pedestrian zone, take a sharp right up the hill and follow this winding road all the way up to Monte Verità (there are occasional white signs "Centro Monte Verità").
Shortly after passing the Hotel Michelangelo on your left, you will see a number of round black signs announcing the conference center and, on your right, a red house. Take the cobblestone road between the two and follow it all the way up the hill. There are parking lots just before you come to the main white building or just after you pass it.
By car from the south
Follow the freeway to Chiasso-Lugano-Gotthard until you come to the exit "Rivera" (next exit after "Lugano Nord"). Take the very scenic local road down to the Magadino plain (Cadenazzo) and turn left onto the road to Locarno. This takes you across the Magadino plain and into a tunnel to bypass Locarno. Then follow the directions given above for the approach from the north.
If you come on the local road from Verbania, exit right shortly after coming out of the tunnel which passes under Monte Verità and follow the above directions.