Swiss Customs Museum

The museum is sited near Cantine di Gandria, directly across the Lake Lugano from the village of Gandria, and adjacent to the border with Italy.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, smuggling flourished in the mountain valleys of Ticino and Graubünden, and the museum covers the history of this, and the work of customs officers to counteract it.

[1] The museum has no road access, and is best reached by boat.

Boats of the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) provide several crossings a day to Lugano.

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