Ride the Funicular
Take the funicular railway up to the old monastery and cable car station, from where you can take the cable car to approx 1,600m above the town, or walk back down into the town via the monastery and a stone pathway, approx 30 minute walk down.
Locarno International Film Festival
festival del film internazionale (http://jahia.pardo.ch/ind...) in the first two weeks of august on piazza grande, biggest open air screen in europe. date for 2009: august 5-15.