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    Sonogno

    Unlike the other destinations we discussed, Sonogno is not a big city—it is a tiny, hidden mountain village of fewer than 100 residents located in the Canton of Ticino, the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. It sits at the very end of the paved road in the wild and pristine Verzasca Valley (Valle Verzasca). Wandering through…

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    Foroglio

    Like Sonogno, Foroglio is a tiny, ancient hamlet located in the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino. However, it is tucked inside the Bavona Valley (Valle Bavona), a sister valley right next to the Verzasca Valley. The village looks like something straight out of a high-fantasy movie: a cluster of 15th-century stone houses dwarfed by a colossal,…