Exploring the local gastronomy through Ticino Gourmet Tour means tasting the territory, its traditions and its history. Just find local producers and passionate chefs who pass on their love for food and wine and that's it. The search for a restaurant and the gastronomic selection depends on many factors, but the choice falls more and more on local products, typical dishes, on the selection of a characteristic environment and on the combination of food and wine that are well matched to the area where it is located. Traveling along the Ticino Gourmet Tour road, which travels through the 4 Regions of Ticino, from the Mendrisiotto to the Bellinzona Region and its Valleys passing through the Lugano and Locarnese areas, you can get to know all the diversity and richness of this territory which invites us to taste its specialities, its cuisine and its wines.
Ticino Gourmet Tour, the brand created by Sapori Ticino in collaboration with Ticino Turismo, GastroTicino, the Regional Tourist Organizations (Lugano Region, Ascona-Locarno, Bellinzona and Valli, Mendrisiotto Turismo), Ticinowine, BioTicino and the Centro di Competenze Agroalimentari Ticino, which with www.ticinogourmettour.ch allows anyone who wishes to identify what to explore in the area, through the many activities on offer, whether they are culinary, cultural or recreational. The portal, which involves 70 restaurants chosen in relation to the quality of their proposal and distributed throughout Ticino, has the aim of promoting the area through food and wine proposals and accompanying users to responsible consumption by also offering video recipes with suggestions on use of strictly local raw materials and products.
Ticino is known for being a wine region in full expansion: its rolling hills and sunny skies make the region a place to be discovered also from a wine point of view. Pampini and rows of vines create suggestive itineraries to be covered on foot or by bicycle, immersed in nature and far from everyday stress. The numerous itineraries and the many events deserve to be explored, not only for the breathtaking landscapes, but also for the pleasant stops that make the visit even more pleasant. From Ticino bunches are born excellent quality labels known internationally. The new "Drink" section of the site allows you to delve into the quality and taste of Ticino through a selection of wine cellars that present themselves to users by telling their story, their wines and offering guided tastings and visits to the cellar. The cellars are connected to the restaurants through the combination of wine and recipes that link the different local realities, creating synergies and increasing local economies. Ticino Gourmet Tour is all of this, a stop not to be missed for lovers of good wine and good food.
