The Cats of Rovio

A special event that once again combines art and a typical Ticino village.

Come and discover the open-air exhibition and choose the Colorado as your base: ideally located a few hundred metres from the lake but also just two stops from the train station, so you can visit the region in comfort (free with the Ticino Ticket always included during your stay).

The Cats of Rovio
www.gattidirovio.com

Open air street art exhibition by Yuri Catania

Visual Artist Yuri Catania, supported by CasaGalleria MonteGeneroso, has created an installation of 60 subjects that develop into posters of different sizes that adorn the walls of the village.

And Rovio is the town chosen for this installation, the town chosen by the young artist to open his atelier. The aim of the installation is to create a cultural phenomenon that will attract tourism not only from Ticino but also from beyond the Alps and internationally, a large open-air exhibition with Rovio and its architecture as its protagonist.

The protagonists of the portraits are the cats of Rovio with reference to the felines but also to the people of Rovio known as cats. In particular, the author is interested in portraying the elderly, those who by experience represent and characterise our territory as they constitute its memory and history.

Yuri Catania, visual artist, Italian-Swiss, specialised in fashion photography and street photography. He has worked for over 15 years in the fashion industry as an art director, photographer and director for magazines and international brands, creating productions all over the world. He lives in Rovio and is strongly in love with this country and its territory. He loves to create highly creative projects that express a dreamlike world made of realism and contemporaneity. His art lies between the currents of post Pop Art and the more recent Street Art. His main medium is photography.

Bike

Swiss Bike Hotel

The Colorado is Swiss Bike Hotel certified, thanks to our equipment and experience in the field

Free Bicycles

During your stay you can take advantage of our bicycles available free of charge to our guests. Ask at the reception!

Services

If you arrive by bike, of course we have a closed room for storing it, but also repair tools and everything you need

SOS Merida

As a Merida partner, we host one of the SOS stations in the region for repairing your bike

Exhibition

Discover the latest market news thanks to our bike exhibition of the best brands in collaboration with Belimport SA

Transportation

Parking

Parking spaces are available on site for only CHF 10.- per night, with electric vehicles charge station (CHF 20.- including charging).

Public Transportation

City bus stop in front of the hotel. Line nr.2 is convenient to go to the station, which is only 800 meters, but also to reach Mount San Salvatore and Mount Brè, two of the main tourist attractions of the city

on foot

Hotel Colorado is located only 800m from the train station; 300 meters from the LAC, Lugano Art and Culture, where large exhibitions, concerts and theatre performances are held; 300 meters from the beginning of Via Nassa and the pedestrian area of the city; 300 meters from Lake Lugano

Ticino Ticket

Free public transportation

From the moment you arrive at the hotel until and including the day of your departure, take advantage of free public transport throughout Ticino thanks to the Ticino Ticket, always included in your reservation

Discounts

In addition, Ticino Ticket offers numerous discounts from 20% to 30% on many tourist attractions such as museums, funiculars, Swissminiatur, Splash&Spa and many others throughout the canton