The most beautiful village in Switzerland 2016

The most beautiful village in Switzerland 2016: Morcote (TI)Over 100 villages were nominated for the "Most Beautiful Village in Switzerland 2016" election. Twelve of them, three per language region, were sent through to the next round by the jury. The Swiss voted for their favorite village from each language region and thus Ardez (GR), Binn (VS), Morcote (TI) and Saint-Ursanne (JU) directly into the final round. In the end, Morcote, the picturesque village on the slopes of Lake Lugano, came in first by a wide margin.For Stefan Regez, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Schweizer Illustrierte, the election result is not entirely surprising: "Morcote is a picture-book village in Ticino. The narrow streets, the colorful houses, the palm trees and the dreamlike location on Lago di Lugano automatically trigger a vacation mood. But most extraordinary of all are the villagers themselves. They were determined to win the election. Thanks to a large advertising campaign in the form of posters and flyers, which were put up in all regional hotels and restaurants and motivated people to take part, the residents succeeded in mobilizing a huge majority of votes. An enormous effort, a deserved victory. Congratulations, Morcote!"Of course, such a victory calls for a great celebration. The 731 inhabitants of the former fishing village are invited by the Swiss Illustrated, L'illustré and Il Caffè to a big party. Nicola Brivio, Mayor of Morcote on the victory: "We are incredibly proud and honored. The whole village is behind this election and everyone has done their part. "The campaign "Most beautiful village in Switzerland 2016" was carried out in collaboration with the competition partners Volg, McOptik, Kneipp and Riposa. A total of over 31,000 votes were cast in the election.