The tour from Monte Tamaro to Agno is a classic among bike tours in Switzerland. It leads almost exclusively along single trails and mostly downhill.

The Monte Tamaro tour to Agno is one of the most famous bike tours in Switzerland. However, the Tamaro also impresses with a northern descent to the Magadino plain on the Carbon Trail.

Monte Bar is considered a spring classic among bike tours. One of Switzerland's official mountain bike routes leads to Lugano's local mountain. If you ride the route in the opposite direction, the start of the season becomes a singletrail highlight.

The tour up Monte Generoso on the southern tip of Ticino is one of the best tours in Switzerland. The trails are first-class, the panorama stunning and the long ascent can be replaced by the mountain railroad.

One of the best singletrail tours in Ticino starts right on the southern outskirts of Lugano. The route around Monte Arbostora promises plenty of riding fun for all levels thanks to the flowing trails.

Monte Lema is almost lost in the shadows of Monte Tamaro and Monte Bar among the mountain bike highlights in Ticino. Yet there are no less attractive single trails hidden here.

The Monte Bar tour is one of Ticino's famous mountain bike classics. It circles the wide valley basin of Lugano, and the super-long single trail to San Lucio is famous throughout Switzerland.

Monte Lema with its mountain railroad is a beautiful excursion destination in the Lugano region and offers mountain bikers three crisp singletrail descents. Those looking for challenging freeride fun away from built downhill trails and bike parks will get their money's worth on Monte Lema.

The mountain bike route with the number 66 is a legend. It circumnavigates the entire Lugano region, and the route has since become known as "Route 66". Ride has taken the route and given it a good makeover. The last section through the Malcantone in particular now contains considerably more single trails, but above all the summit of Monte Lema. With Monte Bar and Monte Tamaro, all three of the region's major summit classics are now integrated into the route.

The route to Monte Tremezzo is wedged between Lake Como and Lake Lugano and impresses with a pleasant ascent, fantastic scenery and a unique descent.

Monte San Giorgio towers between Lake Lugano and Mendrisiotto and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It can also be tackled by mountain bike by climbing up from the south side and riding downhill on single trails through the steep eastern flank.

Monte Boglia is the inconspicuous local mountain of Lugano. If you want to ride your bike up, you have to carry it to the summit. You will be rewarded with a stunning view and a crisp singletrail descent on the Italian side.

A full load of single trails when there is still snow in the rest of Switzerland or it is raining north of the Alps? There are many attractive trails just outside Lugano, which are combined into a great route on the extended Monte Arbostora route. The long route can also be shortened depending on your fitness level.

Monte Bar is one of the great mountain bike classics in the Lugano region. On its back side and on the neighboring Monte Bigorio, there are lesser-known but first-class single trails. The tour offers a new take on the well-known Monte Bar.

The largely unknown super tour to Alp Maruso is hidden a little north of Bellinzona. Anyone looking for singletrail fun in seclusion will get their money's worth here.

Monte Piambello is an inconspicuous peak between Porto Ceresio and Ponte Tresa. And the starting point for first-class and flowing single trails. Pure fun is the order of the day on the circular tour starting and finishing in Porto Ceresio.

Between Monte Tamaro and Lake Maggiore, on the Italian-Swiss border, lies the wonderful singletrail tour over Monte Paglione and Monte Sirti to Lake Delio.

Monte Bisbino is an insider tip at the southernmost tip of Switzerland. Freeriders can be shuttled up to the summit on the mountain road, but the ascent also has its own appeal. The downhill trail rides along the national border to Chiasso.

This four-day loop around Lago di Lugano rides over Monte Tamaro, Monte Generoso and Monte Bar. The numerous single trails, the many fantastic views over the lake landscapes and the vast chestnut forests make this tour a highlight.

Monte Piambello is the local mountain of Ponte Tresa on the Italian side and a popular destination for local mountain bikers. They have worked hard on the trails here, which can be combined into a first-class single trail tour from Ponte Tresa.

Monte Sette Termini is a typical picnic mountain high above Luino. A road rides right to the top. In addition to a spectacular view, it also offers a varied singletrail descent back to the town on Lake Maggiore.

Monte Pravello is a popular destination for mountain bikers from Mendrisiotto and the Varese region. And not without reason: the two singletrail descents on this tour starting in Porto Ceresio are just as first-class as the panorama at the summit.

The Bellavista tour is the short and much easier version of the Monte Generoso tour. It "only" rides to the Bellavista middle station, with the Valle di Muggio forming the basis for the flowing descent.

The tour from Lamone over the La Bassa pass is not completely unknown. Although the tour combines sections of the Monte Tamaro tour, it contains trails that make it a great spring trail tour, offering plenty of flow and technical riding finesse in equal measure.

In 2003, the mountain bike world championships in the marathon discipline were held in Lugano for the first time. Thomas Frischknecht won back then. The route is still a beautiful mountain bike tour today.

The San Lucio chapel is known as a rewarding singletrail tour over Monte Bar from the Swiss side. However, an attractive version is also the approach from Porlezza on the Italian side with the long descent through Val Cavargna.

Chiasso has little to offer mountain bikers - think again! In the southernmost tip of Switzerland, the national border is more winding than almost anywhere else, and there are tons of fun single trails hidden along the border. This becomes clear on the circular tour through the Mendrisiotto near Stabio.

Sighignola is one of the panoramic hotspots in Ticino and is easily accessible by road. A jagged singletrail descent also rides from the summit high above Lake Lugano down to the lake.

Mountain bikers know Monte Generoso from the classic route down into the Valle di Muggio. If you prefer something steeper and a little wilder, take the path through the north side of Generoso with direct access to Lake Lugano.