Welcome in Ticino!

This is the web-page of the 2008 Lions Youth Exchange Camp in Ticino, Switzerland. This site will inform you before, during and after the camp about what you can expect and what's going on during the camp.

The two main goals of the youth exchange are to get a crowd of exchange students from all over the world together and to give them a good "swiss experience" that's why we chose this years slogan to be "Swiss Experience, Together".

Ticino is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is the only Italian speaking.
The capital is Bellinzona while Lugano is the largest city.

Ticino is a Latin land: the Romans brought the vine to Ticino, and left important constructions (towns, bridges, and Alpine passes) behind them. The names of a number of towns such as Sonvico and Vico-Morcote are proof of this. After the Romans, many peoples tried to conquer Ticino because of its strategic location, and a number of battles were fought, until it became a Swiss canton in 1803. The culture and traditions of Ticino are the result of a combination of influences which make this canton unique

Ticino has a wonderful climate and a reach vegetation. All the altitude zones (levels) of vegetation can be found in Ticino, along with their typical species. The transition from one area to the next is not clearly marked, but this is because the transition area can sometimes vary by hundreds of metres of altitude, from place to place. It depends on several factors, including exposure, and the amount of sunshine and wind.

Ticino camp 2008 is kindly supported by: